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Asserion: Magnitude of the resultant of two vectors may be less than the magnitude of either vector.
Reason: The resultant of two vectors is obtained by means of law of parallelogram of Vectors.

A

(a) Statement-1 is true , Statement-2 is true , Statvement -2 is correct explanation of Statement-1 .

B

(b) Statement-1 is true , statement -2 is true , statement -2 is not coerrecrt explanation of Statement-1.

C

(C ) Statement-1 is true , Statement-2 is false.

D

(d) Statement-1 is false , Statement-2 is true.

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The correct Answer is:
C
The magnitude of the resultant vector of two given vectors can be less thean the magnitude of individual vectors if the angle between two vectors is in between ` 90^@` to ` 270^@`.
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