Which among the following is true for a plane mirror?

Angle of incidence is the angle between the reflected ray and the incident ray.

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Angle of incidence is not always equal to angle of reflection.

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Angle of incidence is the angle between incident ray and the mirror surface.

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Angle of incidence is always equal to angle of reflection.

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Solution

The correct option is D
Angle of incidence is always equal to angle of reflection.

According to law of reflection, the angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection.

Also, angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray of light and the normal to the reflecting surface.

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Statement 1 : Angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection.

Statement 2: Angle of incidence is always twice the angle of reflection.

Statement 3: The incident ray reflected ray and the normal all lie in 3 different planes.

Statement 4: The incidence ray reflected ray and the normal all lie in the same plane.

Which of the statements refer to the laws of reflection?

If the angle between the mirror and reflected ray is 23 °, what is the angle of incidence of the incidence ray?

15^{\circ}

30^{o}

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