Vectors 5 Question 9
9. Incident ray is along the unit vector and the reflected ray is along the unit vector . The normal is along unit vector outwards. Express in terms of and .
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 9.
Solution:
- Since,
is unit vector along the incident ray and is the unit vector along the reflected ray.
Hence,
On squaring both sides, we get
where,
Hence,