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The walls of dams are made stronger and thicker at the bottom. Why?

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Pressure due to a liquid column of height `h = hpg` Since the value of `h` is moer near the bottom, pressure due to greater near the bottom. Therefore, the storger tanks are made thick near the bottom.
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