Explain Why, it is easier to drag a mat on floor when nobody is sitting on it but much more difficult to drag the same mat when a person is sitting on it.

Because of two reasons:

1. The weight would increase.

2. As frictional force depends on the weight, the frictional force would also increase.

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it is becausewhen mat is easier to lift and weight of the mat will be less. but when somebody is sitting in the mat  it is heavier of the weight .

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