Explain why scissors cutting cloth may have blades longer than the handles- but shears cutting metals have short blades and long handles-

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A pair of scissors used to cut a piece of cloth has blades longer than the handles so that the blades move longer on the cloth than the movement at the handles-While shears used for cutting metals have short blades and long handles because as it enables us to overcome large resistive force by a small effort-

Explain why scissors for cutting cloth may have blades longer than the handles, but shears for cutting metals have short blades and long handles.