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You position two plane mirriors at right angles to each other a light ray strikes one mirrior at an angle of 60 to the normal and reflects towards the second mirrior what is the angle of reflection off the second mirrior

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30 degrees

Step-by-step explanation:

Reflects off of mirror 1 at 60 degrees....this makes it incident to second mirror at 30 degrees ....then angle of reflection equals this angle of incidence = 30 degrees

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You position two plane mirriors at right angles to each other a light ray strikes-example-1
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