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I understand it when you have a mechanism and the tertiary carbocation is more stable than a secondary and primary carbocation, but is that the reason? Cis-isomers are less stable than trans isomers because of steric strain on that side of the double bond, but a tetrasubstituted alkene will have twice the steric strain and more so with bulkier substituents.
If I had to guess, it's because the stability of the tertiary carbocation outweighs the significance of the steric strain.
If I had to guess, it's because the stability of the tertiary carbocation outweighs the significance of the steric strain.