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Assertion : The Carnot cycle is useful in understanding the performance of heat engines.
Reason : The Carnot cycle provides a way of deteriming the maximum possible efficiency achievable with reservoirs of given temperatures.

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If both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

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if both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct expalanation of the assertion

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if assertion is true , but reason is false

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both assertion and reason are false statements.

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