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The portion of a light ray that falls on a surface is a/an

A. reflected ray.
B. diffuse reflection.
C. specular reflection.
D. incident ray.

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d. incident ray, i just took the test yesterday
User Neeraj Khede
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So we want to know what is a light ray that falls on a surface. The incident ray that fallls on a surface can then fe reflected, refracted or transmitted. The angle in which the incident ray is must be the same as the angle of a refracted light ray. So the correct answer is D.
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