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A beam of light that is parallel to the principal axis strikes a concave mirror. what happens to the reflected beam of light?

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Answer:

The reflected beam of light passes through the focal point of the mirror

Step-by-step explanation:

When a beam of light parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror, strikes the mirror the reflected beam of light passes through the focal point of the mirror, denoted by alphabet 'C' in the image uploaded.

In the image uploaded, the parallel beams were represented with blue color while the reflected beam were represented with red color.

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