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The diagram below shows a light ray from a pencil hitting a mirror.

Which ray shows the correct direction of the reflected ray?

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The diagram below shows a light ray from a pencil hitting a mirror. Which ray shows-example-1

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Answer: 2

Explanation: The answer to this problem is 2 as—seeing as it’s a mirror— the light won’t go through the mirror. This means that answer choice 4 is wrong. Answer choice 1 is also wrong as the mirror is tilted in such a way as the light will have to go up. This leaves 3 and 2. However, after careful observation, one can eliminate answer choice 3 as the angle of the mirror would have to be a perfect 45° degree angle if the light were to go straight up. This leaves answer choice 2.

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