What is the angle of incidence if the angle between the incident ray and reflected ray is 60?

The angle between incident ray and reflected ray is 60°. What is the value of angle of incidence? Given that, angle of incidence + angle of reflection = 60°.

The angle made between the reflected ray and incident ray includes the angle of incidence and angle of reflection. So, we have, i  + r = 60°

Also, we know that angle of incidence is equal to angle of reflection. 

So, we have, i = r

Therefore, i + i = 60°

i = `(60°)/2` = 30°

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The angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray is 60°. What is the value of the angle of incidence?

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