Assertion (A): The formation of mirages in hot deserts is a phenomenon of total internal reflection.
Reason (R): The air close to the land is hotter than the air far from the land in a hot desert. So, total internal reflection takes place.

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Formation of mirages in hot deserts is a phenomenon of total internal reflection, because in hot deserts, air close to the land is heated, so, it is hotter than the air far from the land. Therefore, it gives an interface of rarer and denser media to have total internal reflection.

Assertion A and Reason R are both correct and Reason R explains A.

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