What is the path of reflected ray?

What is the path of reflected ray?

Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the reflected ray corresponding to an incident ray. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the reflected ray corresponding to an incident ray which is directed parallel to the principal axis of a convex mirror. Mark on it the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection.

What is the angle of reflection when a ray of light is incident is normal on the plane mirror?

When the light ray is incident normally on the plane mirror then by using laws of reflection angle of incidence is equal to angle of reflection. Hence, as the angle of incidence is zero degree angle of reflection is zero degree.

What is the cause of lateral inversion?

Cause of lateral inversion: Lateral inversion is due to the fact that in a plane mirror the image is as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it and that the front of the image and the front of the object face each other. The laterally inverted image of the word LEFT is as shown in Fig.

What is lateral inversion with diagram?

When we place and object infront of a mirror, its image is formed in the mirror. The right hand side of the object seems to be the left hand side and the left hand side of the object seems to be the right hand side in the image. This pattern is called lateral inversion.

What is lateral mirror image?

In the image formation by plane mirror, the left side of the object appears to become the right side of the image; and the right side appears to become the left side of image. This change of sides of an object and its mirror image is known as lateral inversion.

Why does the image in the plane mirror suffers lateral inversion?

Answer. The light rays which come from the object get reflected from the plane mirror and reaches our eyes. At this point of time our brain feels that the reflected ray is coming from inside the mirror. This is the reason why the object seems to be laterally inverted.

Which mirror shows a lateral inversion of light?

Concave mirror produces real and inverted images except when the object is placed between pole and focus.

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