We use horses to draw carriages because they exert less frictional force.

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Muscular Force: It's a type of contact force when any applied force is using its muscles like arms or legs is known as muscular force.
In the statement, Horses were used to draw carriages because they exert less muscular forces than us to move the carriages through the same distances.
Hence, the given statement is false.

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