Telephone wires _________ during winters.

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Solution

Most substances expand and contract on heating and cooling respectively.
Expansion and contraction are observed in railway tracks, and electric wires and telephone wires are observed during summer and winter respectively.
Hence, the telephone wires contract during winters.

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