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DIRECTIONS: Following questions consist of two statements, one labelled as the ?Assertion (A)? and the other as ?Reason (R)?. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these items using the code given below. Assertion (A): The mean of 25 observations is 36. If the mean of the first 13 observations is 32 and that of the last 13 observations is 39, then the 13th observation is 23. Reason (R): The mean of 31 results is 60. If the mean of first 16 results is 58 and that of last 16 results is 62, then the 16th result is 58.

A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B) Both A and R are individually 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.