Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A : Houses made of concrete roofs overlaid with foam keep the room hotter during summer. Reason R : The layer of foam insulation prohibits heat transfer, as it contains air pockets. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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(b) : Houses made of concrete roofs generally keeps the room hotter during summer, but the roofs overlaid with foam makes the room cooler. As this layer of foam prohibits heat transfer as it contains air pockets. So, assertion is false but reason is true.