To ensure that supporting area of an offset footing of a boundary wall is fully compressive, the C.G. of load must act
A. At the centre of the base
B. Within the middle third of the base
C. Within the middle fifth of the base
D. Neither (A), (B) nor (C)
Answer: Option B
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