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CBSE Class 10 Science 2017 · Paper 31/2/2 · Question 4

Light - Reflection and Refraction 2 marks Medium
Redraw the following diagram on your answer-sheet and show the path of the reflected ray. Also mark the angle of incidence () and the angle of reflection () on the diagram.
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The mirror is concave (its hatching, on the right, marks the silvered back). The incident ray passes through the principal focus , so after reflection it travels parallel to the principal axis: draw it from the point of incidence back to the left, parallel to the axis. Join to : this radius is the normal at . The angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the normal , and the angle of reflection is the angle between the normal and the reflected ray, with .

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