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Animals like camels walk easily in deserts as broad feet exert less pressure on sandy ground.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Pressure=ThrustArea
Pressure is inversely proportional to the area of the contact. As camels have broad feet, these imply a larger area of contact so the pressure exerted by camels' feet on the sandy ground would be less .
Hence option (A) is correct .

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