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Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the reflected ray corresponding to an incident ray which is directed towards the principal focus of a convex mirror. Mark on it the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection.

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Solution

In the above ray diagram,
$i = a n g l e o f i n c i d e n c e$
$r = a n g l e o f r e f l e c t i o n$

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