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Give scientific reasons for the following.
Food is cooked faster in a pressure cooker.

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In a pressure cooker, the pressure is high. So, the boiling point of water is about `120^(@)C` i.e., water remains as liquid up to `120^(@)C` . Due to this, cooking is faster.
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