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Assertion: Each angle of an equilateral triangle is 60°.
Reason: Angles opposite to equal sides of a triangle are equal.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is a correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and Reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and Reason is true.

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Solution

(a) The Assertion and Reason are both true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
We know that each angle of an equilateral triangle is 60°.
Also, angles opposite to the equal sides of a triangle are equal.
Clearly, both the Assertion and the Reason are true .

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