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As light reflects off a mirror the angle between the incident ray and reflected ray of light is 50°. What is the angle of reflection?

As light reflects off a mirror the angle between the incident ray and reflected ray of light is 50°. What is the angle of reflection?
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As light reflects off a mirror the angle between the incident ray and reflected ray of light is 50°. What is the angle of reflection?

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it would be 25

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User Mightymuke
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by law of reflection, the angle of incidence = the angle of reflection

so if the angle between incident ray and reflected ray is 50°

angle of incident + angle of reflection = 50°
2*angle of reflection = 50°
angle of reflection = 50/2 = 25°

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