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Question
Iron rims are heated before they are fixed on the wooden wheels.
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Solution
Iron rims are made slightly smaller in diameter than the wooden wheel and on heating, wheel expands and can easily slip over the wooden wheel and on cooling the rim contracts and MAKES A TIGHT FIT OVER the wooden wheel.
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