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Give reasons as to why telephone wires are kept slightly loose when they are laid in summer.

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Telephone wires are kept slightly loose when they are laid because heat. ... Therefore, without a slack they could become too tight and break in winters or pull loose from their anchors in summers .This is the reason why wires are kept slightly loose when they are laid.

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