What are the advantages of friction?
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ADVANTAGE OF FRICTION
Friction play a very important role in our daily life. Friction between surfaces provides a grip or hold which keeps the surfaces together.
⇒ Cars and buses are able to move on the road because of friction between the tyres and the road surface.
⇒ The friction between our feet and ground helps us to walk on the ground without slipping and falling.
⇒ Moving vehicles can be stopped by applying brakes only because of friction.
⇒Due to force of friction screw and nails hold in the wood.
⇒You can hold a book in your hand because of friction, otherwise the book would have slipped from your hands.
⇒The friction between the paper and pencil enables us to write without the pencil slipping away from the paper.
⇒It would be difficult to sit on chair without friction.
⇒A billiard players depends on the force of friction between the ball and the end of his cue for a good shot.
⇒It is the friction between the belt and the pulley that helps in rotation of various parts of machine.
⇒Friction helps in supporting a ladder inclined to wall.