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