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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 22, Problem 13P
Two mirrors are oriented at right angles. A narrow light beam strikes the horizontal mirror at an incident angle of
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