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Question
State the laws of reflection.
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Solution
Laws of reflection:
- The incident ray, the reflected ray, and the normal ray at the point of incidence lie in the same plane.
- The angle of incidence i is equal to the angle of reflection r i.e. ∠i = ∠r.
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