A light ray strikes a plane mirror making an angle of with the mirror surface.

PHYSICS · Multi-part · AP · Physics 2: Algebra-based · Geometric Optics · Geometric Optics

Problem

A light ray strikes a plane mirror making an angle of 37∘37^{\circ} with the mirror surface. (i) Find the angle of reflection with respect to the normal. (ii) Calculate the angle between the incident and the reflected rays.

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