What is the angle of incidence of a ray if the reflected ray if the reflected ray is at an angle of 90 degree to the incident ray- Answer is 45 degree- But my physics teacher tells that answer in 90 degree - Please explain-

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Standard VIII

Physics

Laws of Reflection

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What is the angle of incidence of a ray if the reflected ray is at an angle of 90 degree to the incident ray?

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We know that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
∠i = angle of incident.
∠r = angle of reflection.

Given: ∠i + ∠r = 90°
Since ∠i = ∠r hence;
∠i + ∠i = 90°
Or, 2∠i = 90°
Or, ∠ i= 45°.

Thus, the angle of incidence is 45°.

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What is the angle of incidence of a ray if the reflected ray is at an angle of 90 degree to the incident ray?

We know that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.∠i = angle of incident.∠r = angle of reflection. Given: ∠i + ∠r = 90° Since ∠i = ∠r hence; ∠i + ∠i = 90° Or, 2∠i = 90° Or, ∠ i= 45°.Thus, the angle of incidence is 45°.

We know that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
∠i = angle of incident.
∠r = angle of reflection.

Given: ∠i + ∠r = 90°
Since ∠i = ∠r hence;
∠i + ∠i = 90°
Or, 2∠i = 90°
Or, ∠ i= 45°.

Thus, the angle of incidence is 45°.