The laws of reflection state that the angle of incidence equals to the angle of reflection (on a plane mirror). Are these laws also true for curved mirrors (concave and convex)?

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The answer is YES.

Law of reflection holds good for all types of mirrors.
At each point on the mirror, imagine that there is a small flat piece of mirror which is tangent to the surface over there.
The light rays bounce off that flat surface with angle of reflection equal to angle of incidence.

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