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Assertion: Long distance radio broadcasts use short wave bands.
Reason: The short waves are absorbed by the Earth but reflected by F layer in the ionosphere. After reflection, they reach the surface of the Earth back only at a large distance from the transmitter.

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A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
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A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A.
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A is true but R is false.
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A is false but R is true.
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The correct option is A A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Short waves refer to higher frequency waves. For waves with high frequency, attenuation is low than at the MW or FM frequency. Attenuation is loss of signal strength as the waves traverse the space.

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