Reason (R): At low pressure and high temperature intermolecular forces vanish away and volume of gas molecules is negligible.
Solution:
Assertion (A) is true. Real gases approximate ideal gas behavior under conditions of high temperature (high kinetic energy overcomes intermolecular forces) and low pressure (molecules are far apart, making their own volume negligible).
Reason (R) accurately states these conditions as the underlying cause for ideal gas behavior. Thus, R is the correct explanation for A.
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