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Why do buildings have wide foundations?

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Since multi-story buildings have a huge structure which will exert tremendous pressure on the ground which will lead to the sinking of the building into the ground or the building may collapse. In order to avoid such situations, foundations are made wide so that the pressure on the ground decreases as pressure is inversely proportional to area.

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