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Consider the following statements:

1. Reheating in a steam power plant leads to increased condenser requirement.

2   The efficiency of regenerative cycle in a steam power plan is maximum when the temperature of bled steam is equal to the geometric mean of the extreme temperatures of the primary flow cycle.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1 only              

B) 2 only

C) Both 1 and 2                 

D) neither 1 nor 2