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Explain how a light ray behaves when it strikes a mirror?

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The light ray reflects off the mirror.
The direction of the light ray is determined like this:

pretend there is a perpendicular plane to the mirror at where the light strikes the mirror. the light ray is reflected relative to the perpendicular plane, reflecting it across that line/plane.

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The light ray is reflected when it his a mirror.
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