Flip the mirror
Classical Mechanics
Level
2
On a plane mirror, a ray of light is incident at an angle of 30 degree with horizontal. To make the reflected ray vertical, at what angle with the horizontal must a plane mirror be placed.
The answer is 30.
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1 solution
To make the reflected ray vertical the mirror should be flipped 30 degrees.