Rahul goes to school daily on his cycle. It is his daily observation that he needs to apply more force to start the cycle to move, as compared to when the cycle is in motion. Explain.

this is because static friction>sliding friction>rolling friction.
as the irregularities are interlocked tightly when the cycle is not moving (static), it is tough to start it to move but when it starts moving the irregularities do not get enough time to interlock and thus it is easier to pedal it when in motion.
 

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Rahul needs to apply more force when the cycle is not in motion to break the bonding of the irregularities. This force which comes into the play is called as static friction. He finds it easier to move the cycle when already in motion as the bonding of the irregularities is broken before. This kind of force is called sliding friction. So we can conclude that static friction is higher compared to sliding friction.
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