A light ray QR is incident on a plane mirror at point R
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Problem
A light ray QR is incident on a plane mirror at point R. Another ray RS makes the same angle with the normal at R as QR does but lies in a plane perpendicular to the plane containing QR and the normal. Explain why RS cannot be the reflected ray corresponding to QR.