Consider a 6-m-diameter spherical gate holding a body of water whose height is equal to the diameter

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Consider a 6-m-diameter spherical gate holding a body of water whose height is equal to the diameter of the gate. Atmospheric pressure acts on both sides of the gate. The horizontal component of the hydrostatic force acting on this curved surface is

(a) 709 kN 

(b) 832 kN 

(c) 848 kN

(d) 972 kN 

(e) 1124 kN

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