A light ray has incident vector and strikes a plane whose unit normal is

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Problem

A light ray has incident vector v=(2,−1,2)\mathbf{v}=(2,-1,2) and strikes a plane whose unit normal is n^=(0,0,1)\hat n=(0,0,1). Calculate the angle between the incident and the reflected rays (to the nearest whole degree). (a) 90∘90^{\circ} (b) 84∘84^{\circ} (c) 48∘48^{\circ} (d) 96∘96^{\circ}

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