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By what minimum angle the mirror must be rotated anticlockwise such that the reflected ray will become vertical?


A
75
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B
15
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C
60
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205
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Solution

The correct option is B 15

From the above figure, reflected ray must be rotated by 30 anticlockwise to make it vertical.
We know that when a mirror is rotated by an angle θ (say anti-clockwise), keeping the incident ray fixed then
the reflected ray rotates by 2θ along the same direction, i.e. anti-clockwise.
2θ=30
θ=302=15 anticlockwise
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

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