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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A)...

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The product of magnetic permeability (μ0\mu_0) and electric permittivity (ε0\varepsilon_0) has the dimensional formula [L−2T2][\text{L}^{-2}\text{T}^2].
Reason (R): The speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum is given by c=1μ0ε0c = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{\mu_0 \varepsilon_0}}.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Options

  1. ABoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. BBoth (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C(A) is true but (R) is false
  4. D(A) is false but (R) is true

Correct answer

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

Step-by-step solution

The speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum is given by the relation c=1μ0ε0c = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{\mu_0 \varepsilon_0}}.

Squaring both sides, we get c2=1μ0ε0c^2 = \dfrac{1}{\mu_0 \varepsilon_0}, which implies μ0ε0=1c2\mu_0 \varepsilon_0 = \dfrac{1}{c^2}.

The dimensional formula for the speed of light cc is [LT−1][\text{LT}^{-1}].

Therefore, the dimensional formula for c2c^2 is [L2T−2][\text{L}^2\text{T}^{-2}].

Thus, the dimensional formula for the product μ0ε0\mu_0 \varepsilon_0 is 1[L2T−2]=[L−2T2]\dfrac{1}{[\text{L}^2\text{T}^{-2}]} = [\text{L}^{-2}\text{T}^2].

Hence, Assertion (A) is true. Reason (R) is also true and provides the exact formula needed to derive the dimensions in the Assertion, making it the correct explanation.

Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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