When carrying something heavy alone (a couch for example) it is either really heavy or seemingly impossible to lift, but when 2 people on each side lift, it suddenly becomes super light, and I think they have all the weight, making me feel guilty. I recently helped someone move and they said they thought the same. Where does all the weight go?
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Math dear redditor. Twice the lifting power means each bears, in theory, half the load. Additionally, awkward and large things are difficult to pick up because we can only do so much work in one spot. A couch for example can be picked up on one side by a person, but the same person cannot easily lift the other side because they are already lifting the first side. Our arms are only so long and our muscles can only balance so much weight so far.
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