Why porters place a round piece of cloth on their heads, when they have to carry heavy loads?
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By placing the thick round piece of cloth on their head, the porter increases the area of contact of load with their head. Now the force of load falls on the larger area due to which the pressure on the head decreases and it becomes easier for a porter to carry the heavy load.
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They do so to minimize the force of the load on their heads
We know that pressure is inversely proportional to the surface area.
Thus the round cloth increase the surface area and the force decrease
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