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A dam has broader walls at the bottom than at the top. Explain.

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Pressure exerted by a liquid is dependent on the depth in a way that it greater pressure. That is it to say. as the depth increase, pressure applied by water on the walls of the dam also increases. In order to with stand the great pressure.

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