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Lesson: Chapter 5 — Optics

5.1. Reflection at a plane mirror 1 of 5

Question 1

A ray strikes a plane mirror with an angle of incidence of 35°. What is the angle of reflection?

The right answer is the one marked above.

35°. By the second law of reflection, i = r.

55° is what you get by measuring from the mirror's surface instead of the normal.

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