Assertion (A): The study of the total output of an economy belongs to macroeconomics.
Reason (R): Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole, through aggregates.

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.Correct answerYour answerBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.Correct answerYour answerA is true, but R is false.Correct answerYour answerA is false, but R is true.Correct answerYour answer

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Total output is an aggregate of every producer's output, so A is true.
R states what macroeconomics does, and that is exactly why total output falls in it, so R explains A.

Concept: Why aggregates belong to macroeconomics
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Assertion (A): The study of the total output of an economy belongs to macroeconomics.Reason (R): Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole, through aggregates.

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Assertion (A): The study of the total output of an economy belongs to macroeconomics.
Reason (R): Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole, through aggregates.