Which best explains why metal cooking utensils often have plastic coating on their handles? Plastic melts less

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Which best explains why metal cooking utensils often have plastic coating on their handles?

Plastic melts less easily and lasts longer than metal.
Plastic reduces the transfer of thermal energy to hands holding the utensils.
Plastic molds more easily into shapes like long, thin handles.

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Plastic reduces the transfer of thermal energy to hands holding the utensils.

Metal conducts heat well, so an all-metal handle would become hot quickly. A plastic coating is a poor thermal conductor (an insulator), so it slows heat flow and keeps the handle cool enough to hold. (Option 1 is false — many plastics melt more easily than metals — and while option 3 is true about molding, it’s not the primary reason for the plastic coating.)

Which best explains why metal cooking utensils often have plastic coating on their handles?

Plastic melts less easily and lasts longer than metal.
Plastic reduces the transfer of thermal energy to hands holding the utensils.
Plastic molds more easily into shapes like long, thin handles.

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Which best explains why metal cooking utensils often have plastic coating on their handles? Plastic melts less easily and lasts longer than metal. Plastic reduces the transfer of thermal energy to hands holding the utensils. Plastic molds more easily into shapes like long, thin handles.

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Which best explains why metal cooking utensils often have plastic coating on their handles?

Plastic melts less easily and lasts longer than metal.
Plastic reduces the transfer of thermal energy to hands holding the utensils.
Plastic molds more easily into shapes like long, thin handles.