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Between periods at a hockey game, a machine called an ice resurfacer is used

to smooth down the ice. Explain how this affects the speed of the players on
the ice and why it has that effect.

User Anton Rodzik
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The smoother ice has less friction and creates less drag on the skaters feet, therefore making them go faster
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