How should a ray of light be incident on a mirror, in order that the reflected ray comes downwards? Which plane will contain these two rays and the normal?

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The ray of light should be incident on the mirror obliquely downwards.

The plane containing the incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal will lie perpendicular to the plane of the paper as well as to the plane of the mirror.

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