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A ray of light makes an angle of 25° with the normal to a plane mirror. If the mirror is turned through 6. 0°, making the angle of incidence 31°, through what angle is the reflected ray rotated?

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The reflected ray of a ray of light that makes an angle of 25° with the normal to a plane mirror and its is turned through 60°, making the angle of incidence to be 31° is rotated through 12°.

What is reflection?

Freflection can be defined as the turning back of a ray of light when its strikes a plane's surface.

There are 2 laws of reflection

Laws of reflection

(1) The first law of reflection states that the incident ray the reflected ray and the normal all at the point of incidence lie in the same plane

(2) The second law of reflection states that the angle of incident is equal to the angle of reflection.

From the question, if the incidence ray is rotated through 6°, then the  reflected ray is rotated through 12°

Hence, The reflected ray is rotated through 12°.

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The reflection resulting in a 31° angle of incidence and the angle is the reflected ray rotated will be 12°

What is the law of reflection?

The law of reflection specifies that upon reflection from a downy surface, the slope of the reflected ray is similar to the slope of the incident ray.

The reflected ray is consistently in the plane determined by the incident ray and perpendicular to the surface at the point of reference of the incident ray.

When the light rays descend on the smooth surface, the angle of reflection is similar to the angle of incidence, also the incident ray, the reflected ray, and the normal to the surface all lie in a similar plane.

As a result, the reflected light is rotated by 12°.

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