Shopkeepers selling ice blocks usually cover them with jute sacks. Explain why.

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Shopkeepers selling ice blocks usually cover them with jute sacks because materials like jute sacks, and sawdust act as insulators and cannot allow escape or entry of heat through them. These insulators help the ice not to melt immediately. So, shopkeepers used to cover ice blocks with jute sacks.

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