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Mirage Is an example of?


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Reflection of Light & Refraction of Light

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Dispersion of Light

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Total Internal Reflection

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Refraction of Light & Total Internal Reflection of Light

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Solution

The correct option is D

Refraction of Light & Total Internal Reflection of Light


Mirage

  1. Mirage is an illusion that produces the fake presence of the layer of water in a desert or on the road at short distances caused by the atmospheric refraction and the total internal reflection.
  2. On a hot day, the light coming through the low-temperature layer(denser medium) from the sky enters the high-temperature layer(rarer medium) and gets refracted. The light also suffers the total internal reflection through the high-temperature layer.
  3. Thus, Mirage Is an example of atmospheric refraction and the total internal reflection.

Hence, the Mirage is an example of Refraction of Light & Total Internal Reflection of Light


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