Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). Assertion (A): Given a random sample, the distribution of the sample mean tends to a normal distribution as the sample size becomes very large. Reason (R): Central limit theorem. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer:
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