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How do you verify the 1st law of reflection of light with an experiment? (AS3)

First law : The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection (i = r).

Objective: To prove first law of reflection


Required Materials: mirror strip, soft board, white paper, protractor, pencil, pins, Ruler


Procedure:


1. Affix the white sheet on the board with the help of 4 pins.


2. Place the mirror strip on the paper & trace its edges.


3. Draw a line perpendicular to the edge of the mirror so that it can act as a normal.


4. Draw an angle i = 30 degree with respect to the normal which will act as an angle of incidence . Place the pins P & Q on this line.


5. Place your eye to the line coinciding with the image of the incident line and place the pins R & S.


6. Remove the pins R & Q and join the dots.


7. Measure the angle with respect to the normal. This angle will be angle of reflection r.


8. Repeat the experiment with angles I = 45-degree, 50 degree.


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