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Triangulation is a structure that is used on bridges and they are made up of lots of little triangles.

Triangles are so strong because they have a bigger base then their tops. All of the weight and the force that is pushing down is at the bottom of the triangle. The weights are then added in decreasing weight until the lightest weight is on top. It is the strength of the base that makes triangles very strong. If they were to use squares instead of triangles that structure will collapse because, the force of the bridge will go equally on the 4 sides of the square and the force will push down a side of the square and move it. So it wont be stable.

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