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How many times can you reflect light with mirrors and a flashlight?
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∙ 14y ago
That would depend on the quality of the mirror. If the mirror reflects a greater percentage of the light, then the light can be reflected more times, before it becomes too faint to be recognizable.
That would depend on the quality of the mirror. If the mirror reflects a greater percentage of the light, then the light can be reflected more times, before it becomes too faint to be recognizable.
That would depend on the quality of the mirror. If the mirror reflects a greater percentage of the light, then the light can be reflected more times, before it becomes too faint to be recognizable.
That would depend on the quality of the mirror. If the mirror reflects a greater percentage of the light, then the light can be reflected more times, before it becomes too faint to be recognizable.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoThat would depend on the quality of the mirror. If the mirror reflects a greater percentage of the light, then the light can be reflected more times, before it becomes too faint to be recognizable.
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How many times can you make sunlight reflect off of a mirror onto other mirrors?
It can go on forether forth. As long as you have the mirrors, it will keep going. -Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
When were mirrors invented?
No one in particular invented the mirror. Reflection is a property of light, so as long as there has been light, there have been surfaces off of which it reflects. The first mirrors were likely pools of water, or pieces of volcanic rock known as obsidian. The most modern version of the mirror that we currently use is usually credited to scientist Justus von Liebig. He applied silver to glass with a reduction of silver nitrate.
Why does a diamond shine more than a glass piece?
Diamond has a much greater refractive index than glass. When light falls on a diamond piece, it is reflected inside the piece many times. This makes the diamond shine.
How do mirrors produce a clear image?
Light travels around the Earth 7 times per second. This light bounces between your eyes and the mirror in a bright place to produce an image. The shinier and undamaged the mirror is and the more light there is, the clearer the image will be. That's why it's harder to see an image in a dim room, or on a cheap/scratched mirror.
What happens to the light intensity if you tripled the distance to the source?
For example, assume you are shining a flashlight at the wall. If you move twice as far from the wall, the spot of light will be twice the diameter. If the diameter doubles, then the area of the spot is 4 times as big. Thus, the same light is lighting 4 times as much wall. Thus, the intensity is 1/4 of the original intensity. The intensity varies with the inverse of the square of the distance.
How many times do mirrors reflect light and where is it reflected?
In a PERFECT System with Perfect Mirrors reflecting 100% of the Energy that strikes it....two parallel mirrors will reflect light striking it at 90 degrees to their surfaces an INFINITE number of times. Of course that System does not exist. Mirrors are NOT 100% Reflective. It is impossible to make two flat objects Perfectly Parallel, and Introducing a Perfectly Perpendicular Light Beam into the System is NOT Possible either.
How many times can you make sunlight reflect off of a mirror onto other mirrors?
It can go on forether forth. As long as you have the mirrors, it will keep going. -Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
What were castles furnished with in medieval times?
Castles were decorated to reflect the time in which they were lived in. This may have meant with shiny armor or a lot of mirrors for example.
Can the light from a light bulb be reflected back and forth enough times to light an entire house?
interesting thought... unfortunetly you'd need a lot of mirrors and even then it might not work...
If a room is full of mirrors an you shine a light will the light go on forever?
No; there are some arrangements that will have dark corners and some that will stop the light being reflected after a certain number of times (in any case, mirrors absorb some of the energy from each beam, so the light would eventually fade if it wasn't coming from a continual source).
Why does moon reflect the light of sun to earth?
because moon is a illumines object .it can't make light on its own.so the light from the sun will be reflected to the moon in night times
How do you kill Ganondorf in wind waker?
its very simple. just use you mirror shield to reflect the light arrows that Zelda is shooting at you. than you hit him a couple of times and reflect the light arrows 3 times i think and then at a moment it says finish and then you press A and the CONGRATULESIONS!!!. YOU finished the game:D
How many times does light go around the world in a day?
Light does not go around the world. It travels in a straight line. For light to go around the world, it would have to periodically redirected using mirrors.
Is putting a flashlight in a tank of water reflection or refraction?
Neither. it is getting a flashlight wet. The beam of light from the flashlight will refract when exiting the tank (and refract several times if going through a glass wall of the tank). If the tank wall is smooth enough of a material with enough of a difference in optical density and the flashlight beam hits the wall at a small enough angle there will be total internal reflection.
Why should every home have a flashlight?
The obvious answer is to have light in the dark. At those times when the electricity goes off for whatever reason one needs to be able to see. Also, there are some areas in the home which light cannot reach any other way than to have this portable light available to view during the needed times.
Did people have mirrors in the medieval times?
Yes they did have mirrors but they were just polished metal plates. These plates were usually brass.
How does the angle between two adjacent mirrors affect the number of images formed?
The number of images formed will largely depend on perspective. The visual stimuli around it may also colour what we, as humans, would perceive as recurring images. As a result it is difficult to answer your question exactly. It is however possible to answer what the maximum number of times a light particle could reflect between each mirror.In the case of them being exactly adjacent and the angle between them less than 90, the number will always be infinity. If looking in to the two you should see the mirrors curve around as light at the furthest points has further to travel after a reflection. As a result tt may not appear infinite but this is because the mirrors quickly contract in size the further in you look to the point it becomes to small to see by the human eye. This may not be helped by the surrounding visual stimuli.If there is even a millimetre gap however it is possible to put a number on it given some assumptions.I did manage to write an algorithm to calculate it however it was both recursive and complicated, especially without the use of pictures. I have drawn out the assumptions which need to be made in case anyone more mathematically minded wants to try and find a more elegant solution.AssumptionsWe will assume the light powering the reflections is infinitely powerful.The mirrors are perfectly smooth and always reflects light at precisely the same angle it hit.For the purposes of simplicity we can assume the mirrors are the same length. If they were of different length it would be sufficient to simply take the shortest.We will only consider light from one source. While unrealistic we will assume the light is uniformly coming from a single direction pointing perpendicular towards where the mirrors would intersect.FormulaLet x be the maximum number of reflections.There are three factors which determine the number of reflections of light.1. The angle of the mirrors.2. The length of the mirrors.3. The distance between the mirrors.Let the angle between the mirrors in degrees be a.Let the length of the mirrors be w.Let the distance between the mirrors at their closest point be d.
