A person living in Shimla observed that cooking food without using pressure cooker takes more time. The reason for this observation is that at high altitude :

A person living in Shimla observed that cooking food without using pre

1.	A person living in Shimla observed that cooking food without using pressure cooker takes more time. The reason for this observation is that at high altitude :
Answer» PRESSURE increases temperature decreases temperature increases pressure decreases Solution :Pressure at the peak of a mountain is LOW. This suggests that BOILING takes place at LOWER temperature and due to this, things thake more time to boil. However, in a pressure cooker, as pressure increased boiling point also increases. Hence, things boils in a pressure cooker in a less time.