Why do we use tiles for roofs instead of a smooth flat sheet?

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Why roof tiles exist. I understand why we don’t have flat roofs, but why do we have hundreds of tiles that sort of overlap each other and can be pulled or blown off easily?

Why aren’t roofs like a giant tent, still A shaped but each side is just a big sheet of whatever weatherproof material we got?

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They make roofs thats like what you are describing. EDPM rubber, (Ethylene propylene diene monomer). Basically just big rubber sheets that are joined together. You see them on commercial buildings alot although you might not know it at first, many are covered in aggregate (small rocks).

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