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Explain why, a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror gets reflected back along the same path.

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A ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror is reflected back along the same path because it strikes the concave mirror at right angles to its surface due to which the angle of incidence and angle of reflection both are 0o.

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