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Why do your hands get warm when you rub them together? (potential energy, centripetal force, friction)
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Why do your hands get warm when you rub them together? (potential energy, centripetal force, friction)

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Heat friction between your hands causes them to warm.
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Because friction makes the energy get faster and faster so there is some heat
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