Why is packing tape nearly impossible to tear when intact, but easily shreds if you cut the slightest nick into it?

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Why is packing tape nearly impossible to tear when intact, but easily shreds if you cut the slightest nick into it?

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Tension. The tape doesn’t have a great tension strength in an individual strand. The *moment* of collapse/failure comes easy with any knick or imperfection in the tape.

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