Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Agra and Darjeeling are located on the same latitude but temperature of January in Agra is 16 degree Centigrade whereas it is only 4 degree Centigrade in Darjeeling. Reason (R): Temperature decreases with height and due to thin air, places in the mountains are cooler than places in the plains. Select the correct answer from the code given below:

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