you usually jerk a paper towel from a roll in order to tear it instead of pulling it smoothly .give reason

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Solution

Due to the sudden jerk, state of the paper suddenly changes and due to the inertial property of the paper, it gets immediately disconnected to the roll.
But when we pull it smoothly, due to inertia which tries to keep the paper as it and paper dot no get disconnected.

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