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How can light reflect off a mirror?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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By 'Atomic Scattering', which is the absorption and re-emission of light energy by the particles of a medium which will not absorb the energy.

It depends if the mirror is concave or convex. The light reflects differently depending on the type of mirror.

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