Answer the following question.
Why do knives and blades have sharp edges?
As we know that 
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Hence, we can see from above formula that pressure depends on the surface area (
) that means,
The less is the surface area, the greater is the pressure produced. Hence knives and blades have sharp edges because sharp edges have less surface area due to which we can get more pressure and object can be cut easily with less force.
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