Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).\n **Assertion (A):** A soldier experiences a backward recoil jerk when firing a bullet from a heavy rifle, and the recoil velocity of a heavier rifle is less than that of a lighter rifle firing the same bullet.\n **Reason (R):** According to the law of conservation of linear momentum, the total momentum of the system before and after firing remains constant, making the recoil velocity inversely proportional to the mass of the rifle.\n Choose the correct option:

Options:

  • A: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  • B: Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
  • C: A is true but R is false.
  • D: A is false but R is true.

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