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Light is reflected from a moving mirror. How is the reflected light different from the incident light, and how is it the same?
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1 of 2Explanation: The laws of reflection apply to moving mirrors based on special theory of relativity. That is, because the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection, the angle of incidence for both the incident and reflected rays as from the moving mirror is the same.
Since there is a relative motion between the mirror and the source, the ray reflected from a moving mirror has a different velocity than the incident ray.
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