Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 36, Problem 20SP
Two plane mirrors make an angle of 90° with each other. A beam of light is directed at one of the mirrors, reflects off it and the second mirror, and leaves the mirrors. What is the angle between the incident beam and the reflected beam?
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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