Two flat mirrors make an angle a with each other. A horizontal light ray incident on the oblique mirror gets reflected and falls perpendicularly to the horizontal one, as shown in the figure. The value of a is: (a) a = 22.5° (b) a = 30.0° (c) a = 37.5° (d) a = 45.0° a

Two flat mirrors make an angle a with each other. A horizontal light ray incident on the oblique mirror gets reflected and falls perpendicularly to the horizontal one, as shown in the figure. The value of a is: (a) a = 22.5° (b) a = 30.0° (c) a = 37.5° (d) a = 45.0° a

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Chapter34: The Nature Of Light And The Principles Of Ray Optics

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