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Question
- Assertion: Gas is highly compressible than solid and liquid
- Reason: Interatomic or intermolecular distance in the gas is comparably high.
Options
Both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both the assertion and the reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
Assertion is true but the reason is false.
Assertion is false but the reason is true.
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Solution
Both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
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