State advantages and disadvantages of amplitude modulation.
Advantages:
1. It is simple to implement.
2. It has large range.
3. It is cheaper.
Disadvantages:
1. It is not very efficient as far as power usage is concerned.
2. It is prone to noise.
3. The reproduced signal may not exactly match the original signal.
In spite of this, these are used for commercial broadcasting in the long, medium and short wave bands.