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Explain how the pressure at the bottom of a container depends on the container shape and the fluid height

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The pressure at the bottom of a column of fluid in a container
depends only on the depth of the fluid, not on the shape of the
container. The pressure is simply the result of the weight of the
fluid resting on the bottom.

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