Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). **Assertion (A):** When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun recoils backward with a velocity much smaller than the bullet's velocity. **Reason (R):** The total linear momentum of the gun-bullet system remains conserved in the absence of external forces, and the gun has a much larger mass than the bullet. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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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