Why is it easier to walk on a carpeted floor than on a smooth, polished floor?

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Deepak Pandey
May 5, 2017

Simply because there is more friction on a carpeted surface

Explanation:

Friction opposes relative motion.
We apply force on the surface in the backward direction so that the surface in turn applies force on us in the forward direction due to which we move

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