Reflection from Plane Mirror

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Reflection from Plane Mirror: Overview

This topic explains concepts such as Reflection of Light from a Mirror, Incident Ray, Reflected Ray, Normal to the Plane Mirror, etc.

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The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of _____.

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A ray incident on a plane mirror is reflected in a direction such that the angle between the incident and the reflected ray is 90°. What are the angles of incidence and reflection?

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Explain the image formation of a point object from a plane mirror.

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Explain the image formation of an object in a plane mirror without the ray diagram.

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Draw a diagram to show the formation of image of a point object in a plane mirror.

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The angle between the normal and the_____is called the angle of reflection.

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Define reflected ray.

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The angle between the normal and the_____ is called the angle of incidence.

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What is incident ray?
 

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Define the angle of reflection.

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The normal line divides the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray into two equal angles.

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What does normal line to the mirror means?

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Explain the formation of an image of an extended object from a plane mirror with the help of a diagram.

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Describe the formation of an image of a point object from a plane mirror with the help of a diagram.

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State the laws of reflection. Describe an experimental method to verify the laws of reflection of light.

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Describe the formation of an image of an extended object from a plane mirror with the help of a suitable diagram.

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A ray of light is incident at an angle of 40° on one of the two mirrors kept at right angles to each other as shown below. The angle of reflection for the ray reflected from mirror B is?

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Describe an experiment to prove the laws of reflection of light.

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Two plane mirrors are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in the figure. A light ray is incident at an angle of 30° at a point just inside one end of a mirror. The maximum number of times the ray undergoes reflection. including the first one before it emerges out is

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What is the law of reflection?