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Explain why the brakes of a car get much hotter than the brakes of a bicycle?

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Answer: Car brakes produces more energy then the bicycle because the cars wheels produces a much bigger force that makes the car go and to stop that force the car uses greater amount of energy that transfers to heat but in a bicycle the wheels do not turn that fast so when you press the break there is less energy that transfer to heat.

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