Why do some of these questions take so long before they are closed to new answers?

Answer 1

You can extend the answering period to your question for upto a week by using the appropriate button on the toolbar. The usual period is 3 days you can extend it to a week :-) Best of luck,
I hope this answers your question to your satisfaction friend ! And if you want to know something like this put your question in the "Yahoo Answers" sub category under the Main category "Yahoo Products" not in the health category :-)
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