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Assertion (A) : A jet aircraft moving at Mach Number equal to 1 travels faster at an altitude of 15 km than while moving at Mach Number equal to 1 near the sea level. 

Reason (R) : The velocity of sound depends on the temperature of the surrounding medium. 

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

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A 

(c) A is true but R is false 

(d) A is false but R is true

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(d) Mach number, a useful quantity in aerodynamics, is the ratio of air speed to the local speed of sound. The speed of sound varies with temperature. Since temperature and sound velocity normally decrease with increasing altitude, sound is refracted upward. Mach number is a function of temperature at altitude. With decrease in sound velocity Mach number increases.

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