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because the area of contact of eraser in rolling is less than the area of contact of eraser in sliding

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because the area of contact of eraser in rolling is less than the area of contact of eraser in sliding

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Theoretically the contact surface in perfectly rigid bodies is zero .But in practice due to deformation there appears a small contact surface which is quite small compared to sliding surface that rub on each other .That why it is easier to roll than to slide.

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