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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): Assertion (A): During the formation of a nucleus, the mass defect produced is the source of the binding energy of the nucleus. Reason (R): For all stable nuclei, the value of binding energy per nucleon increases monotonically with the mass number. Select the correct option:
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- 1Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
- 2Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
- 3(A) is true but (R) is false.✓
- 4Both (A) and (R) are false.
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(A) is true but (R) is false.
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