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A light ray strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 2828^{\circ} to the normal. If the light source is moved so that the angle of incidence increases by 3434^{\circ}, what is the new angle of reflection?

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In this problem, we have a plane mirror, and we need to find the angle of reflection. To solve this problem, we are going to use the law of reflection θi=θr\theta_{i}= \theta_{r} where θi\theta_{i} is the angle of incidence, and θr\theta_{r} is the angle of reflection. Also, the light source is moving, so we have to find the angle of incidence for that case.

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