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Differentiate between Incident ray and reflected ray:


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Incident ray

Reflected ray:

1- An incident rayis a ray of light that strikes a surface.1- The reflected ray, corresponding to a given incident ray, is the ray that represents the light reflected by the surface ray corresponding
2- The angle between this ray and the perpendicular normal to the surface is the angle of incidence or normal to2- The angle between the surface normal and the reflected ray is known as the angle of reflection.
3- The incident ray is always directed towards the surface.3- The reflected ray is always directed away from the surface.

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