SOLUTION: Does water reflect light in the same way with mirrors? i mean...angle of reflection = angle of incidence?!
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Question 404222: Does water reflect light in the same way with mirrors? i mean...angle of reflection = angle of incidence?!
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes it does, for the part of the light that is reflected.
The water's surface acts as a front-surface mirror, not the typical glass mirror where the light passes thru the glass surface inbound and outbound, and is reflected of the back surface.
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