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A: Magnification for convex mirror is al...

A: Magnification for convex mirror is always positive where it may be positive or negative for concave mirror.
R: It depends on our choice of sign convention

A

Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is correct explanation of the assertion.

B

Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of the assertion

C

Assertion is true but the reason is false.

D

Both assertion and reason are false.

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Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not correct explanation of the assertion
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