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Why do school bags have broad shoulder straps?

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Broad shoulder straps help to spread the weight of the bag over a larger area. The relationship of area with pressure can be represented as:

Since area and pressure are inversely proportional to each other, an increase in the former leads to a decrease in the latter. So, the school bags have broad shoulder straps.


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