What are the two laws of reflection?
Dear Student,
There are two laws for reflection of light. Given below is the basic terminology to under stand the laws. Incident Ray: The light ray, which strikes any surface, is called the incident ray.
Reflected Ray: The ray that comes back from the surface after reflection is known as the reflected ray.
Normal: A line drawn perpendicular to the line representing the mirror at the point where the incident ray strikes the mirror.
Angle of incidence: The angle between the normal and the incident ray is called the angle of incidence. It is denoted as i.
Angle of reflection: The angle between the normal and the reflected ray is called the angle of reflection. It is denoted as r.
Laws of reflection.
First law of reflection: According to the first law, the incident ray, reflected ray, and normal ray, all lie in the same plane.
Second law of reflection: According to the second law, the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence.
(∠i = ∠r)
Regards.......
There are two laws for reflection of light. Given below is the basic terminology to under stand the laws.
Incident Ray: The light ray, which strikes any surface, is called the incident ray.
Reflected Ray: The ray that comes back from the surface after reflection is known as the reflected ray.
Normal: A line drawn perpendicular to the line representing the mirror at the point where the incident ray strikes the mirror.
Angle of incidence: The angle between the normal and the incident ray is called the angle of incidence. It is denoted as i.
Angle of reflection: The angle between the normal and the reflected ray is called the angle of reflection. It is denoted as r.
Laws of reflection.
First law of reflection: According to the first law, the incident ray, reflected ray, and normal ray, all lie in the same plane.
Second law of reflection: According to the second law, the angle of reflection is always equal to the angle of incidence.
(∠i = ∠r)
Regards.......
