Two mirrors P and Q are placed at right angles to each other as shown in the figure. A ray of light is incident on mirror P at an angle of 35𝑜35 o with the normal, the reflected ray then falls on mirror Q. The angle of reflection with the normal on mirror Q would be?
Question
Two mirrors P and Q are placed at right angles to each other as shown in the figure. A ray of light is incident on mirror P at an angle of 35𝑜35 o with the normal, the reflected ray then falls on mirror Q. The angle of reflection with the normal on mirror Q would be?
Solution
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When a ray of light hits a mirror, it reflects off the mirror at the same angle as it hit the mirror. This is known as the law of reflection, which states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
In this case, the ray of light is incident on mirror P at an angle of 35 degrees with the normal. Therefore, it will reflect off mirror P at an angle of 35 degrees with the normal.
When this reflected ray hits mirror Q, it will again reflect off mirror Q at the same angle as it hit mirror Q. However, since mirrors P and Q are placed at right angles to each other, the normal to mirror Q is at a 90 degrees angle to the normal to mirror P.
Therefore, the angle of incidence of the ray on mirror Q is 90 degrees - 35 degrees = 55 degrees.
So, the angle of reflection with the normal on mirror Q would also be 55 degrees, according to the law of reflection.
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