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When light is reflected how are the angles of incidence and the angles of reflection related?
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The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are related in the sense that the two angles are always the same.
They are always equal.
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When light is reflected how are the angle of the incidence and the angle of reflection related?
The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are related in the sense that the two angles are always the same. They are always equal.
How do you measure the angles of incidence and reflection?
They are the angles made by the incident ray and the reflected ray with the line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of reflection.
When light is reflected is the angle of incidence at right angles to the angle of reflection?
Not usually. (Only when the angle is 45 degrees.)"The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection."
How do you work out how a light wave will be reflected?
You apply the law of reflection. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The angles are measured between the rays and the normal at the point of incidence, which means the line at right angles to the surface at that point.
What is the angle of incidence if the angle of reflection is 15 degrees?
If the ray is incident at right angles to the reflection surface, angle of Incidence will be 90 degrees and so will be the angle of reflection. In such a case, the incident ray, the normal and the reflected ray coincide.
Explain how both kinds of reflection obey the law of reflection?
The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. In regular reflection, parallel rays strike are reflected from smooth surface at the same angle in diffuse reflection, parallel rays strike and are reflected from a bumpy surface at different angles.
When light shines onto a mirror hwo are the angle of incidence and angle of reflection related?
Those two angles are equal.
When light shines onto a mirror how are the angle of incidence and angle of reflection related?
The Law of Sines is he relationship between the incidence angle and the reflection angle: Sin(I)/Incident velocity = Sin(R)/reflection velocity. If the incident and reflection velocity are the same, then the angles are the same.
What is the relationship for angles of incidence and reflection for sound?
Sound reflects from a smooth surface the same way light does---the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. Its on page 385.
According to the law of reflection which two angles must be equal?
Law of reflection states that := (i) Angle of Incidence = Angle of reflection i.e angle i = angle r (ii) The normal, incident ray and reflected ray lie on the same plane mirror.
Can the angle of incidence be greater than the angle of reflection when plane mirror?
No, if the mirror is flat (a plane), the angle of incidence always equals the angle of reflection.
When light reflects what two angles are equal?
The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
