All Textbook Topics - Light - Reflection
Reflection
Did you know that in a mirror your left hand becomes your right hand, and your right hand your left? Reflection is a phenomenon most of us will encounter every day. Every time you look in a mirror or see a reflection in a car window, you are observing reflection.
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| 1 | Light always follows the law of reflection |
| 2 | Plane and diffuse reflection |
| 3 | Objects appear laterally inverted in a mirror |
| 4 | When you trace virtual light rays on the other side of a mirror, they must carry on in a straight line from the real rays that are going into the eye |
| 5 | Finding the position of a virtual image in a mirror |