Why are two blankets warmer than one?
(A) Two blankets have more wool and so, they are warmer
(B) Two blankets enclose air, which does not allow the cold
to penetrate
(C) Two blankets compress the air in between the body and
the blankets and this compression produces heat
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Answer / guest
( B ) Two blankets enclose air, which does not allow the
cold to penetrate
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Answer / sciencedoze
It's due to air trapped between the blankets which acts as bad conductor of heat. You can read detailed answer here
https://sciencedoze.blogspot.com/2019/04/why-two-thin-blankets-are-warmer-than.html
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Answer / manisha gupta
two blankets have more wool and so, they are warmer
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