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How do snow-shoes prevent us from sinking into snow?

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The snow-shoes are made large and have larger surface area. Pressure is inversely proportional to the surface area of contact. The large area helps in exerting lesser pressure on the ice by the snow shoes and prevents us from sinking.

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