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What happens to the light rays as they hit the mirror at an angle?
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∙ 14y ago
they are reflected at an equal opposing angle on a first-surface mirror. on a second surface (bathroom mirror) they are also reflected, but some are absorbed/disbursed by impurities and inconsistencies in the glass.
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What happens to the light rays as they hit the mirror?
They are reflected at the angle of incidence.
What happens to the angle of reflected light rays as the angle of incident light rays becomes steeper?
The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. Therefore, if your angle of incidence is 15 degrees, your angle of reflection equals that also. If it is 45 degrees, your angle of reflection is also 45 degrees, and so on.
What will be the angle of reflection if a ray of light is incident towards a plane mirror at an angle of 45 degrees with the mirror surface?
The law of reflection: When a ray of light reflects off a mirror, the angle of the incidence ray is equal to the angle of the reflection ray. Therefore, an incidence ray of 45 degrees will have a reflection ray of 45 degrees. As both rays are equal, either side of the normal line, then adding both angles equals 45 + 45 = 90 degrees. The normal line is a line perpendicular to the surface of the mirror.
What is the angle called when the reflected light rays make with the normal?
The angle is called the reflected angle.
When is the angle of incidence in the greatest?
Angle of incident is greatest when the light rays is almost parallel to the surface it hits.
What happens to the light rays as they hit the mirror?
They are reflected at the angle of incidence.
What happens to parallel rays of light when they reflect from a concave mirror?
They would bounce off the mirror and become nonparallel going off at whatever angle they hit the mirror at, in different directions.
Describe what happen to parallel light rays hitting in a concave mirror?
describe what happens to parallel light rays when they hit a concave mirror
How do mirrors reflect light?
When light shines onto an object viewed in a mirror, the rays are reflected into the eye. The rays come from a position behind the mirror. The image is the sane size as the object and the same distance from the mirror. In the image, left is right and right becomes left. The angle that the light gets pointed on to the mirror is the same as the angle that gets reflected of the mirror!
What happens when light hits a concave mirror?
the light rays will be directed into a focal point
What mirror will diverge light rays?
Light rays will be diverged by a convex mirror.
What is plan mirror?
A plane mirror is a mirror with a planar reflective surface. For light rays striking a plane mirror, the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. The angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the surface normal (an imaginary line perpendicular to the surface). Therefore the angle of reflection is the angle between the reflected ray and the normal and a collimated beam of light does not spread out after reflection from a plane mirror, except for diffraction effects.
What does the angle of incidence always equal?
What happens when light rays travel from water into the air
What rays can be reflected on a mirror?
light rays
What is true of an angle of light rays coming into an object and the angle of light rays reflected off an object?
Reflected rays are equal to the angle of incoming rays.
Why can't you see yourself when you're at the side of the mirror?
In case of reflection phenomenon rays have to fall on the surface. So if we stand on the side of the mirror rays emanating from our body could not fall the mirror surface and hence no reflection.
What happens to the angle of reflected light rays as the angle of incident light rays becomes steeper?
The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. Therefore, if your angle of incidence is 15 degrees, your angle of reflection equals that also. If it is 45 degrees, your angle of reflection is also 45 degrees, and so on.
