Assertion (A) : Sodium salt of butanoic acid on heating with soda lime gives butane.
Reason (R) : Decarboxylation reaction gives alkanes containing one carbon atom less than the parent acid.

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Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

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

A is false but R is true.

A is true but R is false.

answer is C.

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A is false but R is true. The correct form of A is: Sodium salt of butanoic acid on heating with soda lime gives propane.

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