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Why does the light follows the laws of reflection even on rough surfaces?

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light always follow the laws of reflection, irrespective of the smoothness of the material.

In case of irregular surfaces there is a rough surface, and each part this rough surfaces reflect the light at different angles. However all these reflections completely follow laws of reflection.

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