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A ray is incident on a plane mirror. Its reflected ray is perpendicular to the incident ray. Find the angle of incidence.

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Solution

According to laws of reflection:

the angle of incidence= angle of reflection,

In our problem,

angle of incidence + angle of reflection = 90°,

Therefore,

Angle of incidence= 90°/2 = 45°.


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