The ray of light that reaches our eye from the mirror is known as:

Incident ray

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Reflected ray

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Normal

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B
Reflected ray

A mirror does not emit light it just reflects the light incident on its surface. The ray of light that bounces back from the mirror and reaches our eye is known as the reflected ray. Both the reflected ray and incident ray subtends same angle with the normal.

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