College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 23, Problem 27P
Prove that when a ray of light travels at any angle into the corner formed by two mirrors placed at right angles to each other, the reflected ray emerges parallel to the original ray (see Figure 23.49).
Figure 23.49
Problem 27.
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