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Question
Parallel rays are incident:
- on regular surface and
- on irregular surface. In what respect do reflected rays in (1) differ from those of (2)?
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Solution
Parallel rays of light after reflection from a regular surface. goes in a particular direction while after reflection from irregular surface go in different directions.
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