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If a parallel beam of light is incident on a plane mirror, the reflected rays will be

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Focused at a point

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Parallel

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Neither a) nor b)

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Depends on the medium the mirror is kept

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If a parallel beam of light is incident on a plane mirror, the reflected rays will be also parallel irrespective of orientation of the mirror.

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