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प्रश्न
Give a scientific reason for the following:
Old quits are less warm than the new ones.
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उत्तर
Old quilts are less warmer than new ones because the cotton in the old quilt gets compressed and very little air will remain trapped in it, hence heat insulation is quite poor
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