Question

What are the laws of reflection?

Answer 1

Reflection:

1. The change in direction of a wave front at an interface between two distinct media so that the wave front returns to the medium from which it came is referred to as reflection.
2. An illustration of reflection is given below:

1. Incident ray - An incident ray is a beam of light that falls directly on a surface.
2. Reflected ray - The reflected ray is the light beam that is expected to reflect back after hitting an object or any surface.
3. The angle of incidence - The angle created at the point of incidence between the incident ray and the normal is known as the angle of incidence.
4. The angle of reflection - The angle of reflection is the angle formed between the reflected ray and the normal.
5. Normal - An imaginary line that is perpendicular to the surface that reflects the incident ray.

The laws of reflection are as follows:

1. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection when a beam of light strikes the reflecting surface.
2. The reflected ray, incident ray, and normal lie on the same plane.