Judge the Following Sentence According to the Criteria Given Below

Multiple Choice

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The IPAT equation of human environmental impact is a quantitative expression BECAUSE no one can put exact numbers to P, A, and T.

A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.