state the laws of retlection
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1.The angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection
2.the normal, incident Ray and the reflected Ray lies on the same plane.
Answer:
The law of reflection states that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence—θr = θi. The angles are measured relative to the perpendicular to the surface at the point where the ray strikes the surface.
Explanation:
illustrated in Figure 1, which also shows how the angles are measured relative to the perpendicular to the surface at the point where the light ray strikes. We expect to see reflections from smooth surfaces, but Figure 2 illustrates how a rough surface reflects light. Since the light strikes different parts of the surface at different angles, it is reflected in many different directions, or diffused. Diffused light is what allows us to see a sheet of paper from any angle, as illustrated in Figure 3. Many objects, such as people, clothing, leaves, and walls, have rough surfaces and can be seen from all sides. A mirror, on the other hand, has a smooth surface (compared with the wavelength of light) and reflects light at specific angles, as illustrated in Figure 4. When the moon reflects from a lake, as shown in Figure 5, a combination of these effects takes place.
Parallel light rays falling on a rough surface get scattered at different angles.
Figure 2. Light is diffused when it reflects from a rough surface. Here many parallel rays are incident, but they are reflected at many different angles since the surface is rough.
Light from a flashlight falls on a sheet of paper and the light gets reflected at different angles as the surface is rough.
Figure 3. When a sheet of paper is illuminated with many parallel incident rays, it can be seen at many different angles, because its surface is rough and diffuses the light.
A flashlight casting light on a mirror, which is smooth; the mirror reflects light only in one direction at a particular angle.
Figure 4. A mirror illuminated by many parallel rays reflects them in only one direction, since its surface is very smooth. Only the observer at a particular angle will see the reflected light.
A dark night is lit by moonlight. The moonlight is falling on the lake and as it hits, the lake’s shiny surface reflects it. A bright strip of moonlight is seen reflecting from the lake on a dark background reflecting the night sky.
Figure 5. Moonlight is spread out when it is reflected by the lake, since the surface is shiny but uneven. (credit: Diego Torres Silvestre, Flickr)
The law of reflection is very simple: The angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence.
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