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Why is it easier to open a tap with two fingers than with one finger ?

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A couple, whose moment is equal to produat of the free and the perpendicular distance between the two persen be applied with be help of the twofingers la fois solied with the help of cofinger, aneu and opposite force of reaction acts at the axis of rotation, which as in a torque about the ancis of the tap where as when the same is done by twofingers, there couple of one that produce motion effect than the tongue due to single finger So, it is esier to open a tap with the help of two ingrs rather than with one finger
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