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Light rays obey the law of reflection what is the law of reflection?
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∙ 7y ago
what is the parallel light rays reflect off each mirror below looks like with a ruler
Eldred Bergstrom
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∙ 11y agoin the same manner light could undergo diffuse reflection based on the surface given by an object.if an object in-counter rough surface meaning the incident rays of the light reflect on will go at all direction.
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∙ 13y agoWhen a ray of light strikes a plane mirror, the light ray reflects off the mirror. Reflection involves a change in direction of the light ray. The convention used to express the direction of a light ray is to indicate the angle which the light ray makes with a normal line drawn to the surface of the mirror. The angle of incidence is the angle between this normal line and the incident ray; the angle of reflection is the angle between this normal line and the reflected ray. According to the law of reflection, the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
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∙ 14y agoDiffuse reflections result when light reflects off a uneven surface. As a result the light is scattered in many directions. This scattered light does not return at the incident angle.
Baby Yoda
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∙ 12y agono because diffuse reflections dont go back to the icidence ray
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∙ 11y agoumm yes it does good question
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∙ 12y agoYes.
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What two light rays does the law of reflection involve?
In doesn't affect how sad you are :)
In what way does the law of reflection hold for curved mirrors?
No. I don't honestly know why just that it doesn't because my teacher said so but she could be wrong. Some teachers can be pretty stupid. Yes of course. Don't spew nonsense. It's a LAW. All you have to do to prove this point, is to draw a semi-major axis, aka tangent to any point on the curved surface, draw the normal, then reflect the incoming ray. If you do this for parallel rays coming onto the curved surface, you'll realize that the reflected rays converge at one point, the focal point, because the curved mirror acts as a lens as well.
What can you use to change the path of light?
Glass and perspex prisms, and mirrors can change the path of light. Try to look up the law of reflection on google, it should be a great help!
What is a radiating or reflecting light?
Reflection is the change in the direction of propagation of a wave that strikes a boundary between different media through which it cannot pass. When a wave strikes such a boundary it bounces back, or is reflected, just as a ball bounces off the floor. The angle of incidence is the angle between the path of the wave and a line perpendicular to the boundary. The angle of reflection is the angle between the same line and the path of the reflected wave. All reflected waves obey the law of reflection, which states that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. The reflectivity of a material is the fraction of energy of the oncoming wave that is reflected by it.
Does distance of an object affects the size of reflection in a mirror?
Yes. This can be proven with the Law of Reflection. What this states is: the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflexion. For information about the law of reflection you can visit this site and review the diagrams and notes: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/refln/u13l1c.html
What is light rays obey the law of reflection which states that?
what is the parallel light rays reflect off each mirror below looks like with a ruler
Does diffuse reflection obey the law of reflection?
no
What two light rays does the law of reflection involve?
In doesn't affect how sad you are :)
Explain how both kinds of reflection obey the law of reflection?
The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. In regular reflection, parallel rays strike are reflected from smooth surface at the same angle in diffuse reflection, parallel rays strike and are reflected from a bumpy surface at different angles.
When a beam of light undergoes diffuse reflection do the individual rays within the beam follow the law of reflection?
Yes.
Is the first law of reflection valid for diffused reflection?
no It is definitely obeying both the basic laws of reflection. Only that on irregular reflection, all incident rays are at different angles which results in scattered reflected rays of light.
All waves obey the law of reflection?
yes
Do convex and concave mirrors obey the law of reflection?
yes
Do Only transverse waves obey the law of reflection?
Erection.
Do a convex and concave mirrors obey the law or reflection Explain?
Yes it does.
Why do diffuse reflection not obey the Snell's Law?
This is because there are multiply incidences. therefore you can not say that all the incident rays and all the reflected rays lie in the same plane and if there is even one that does not lie in the same plane, snell's equality can not work
How do you work out how a light wave will be reflected?
You apply the law of reflection. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The angles are measured between the rays and the normal at the point of incidence, which means the line at right angles to the surface at that point.
