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Four mirrors are erected perpendicular to the ground to from a rectangle ABCD (where A,B,C,D are four corners of the
Rectangle ) the longer mirror are of length 15cms and shorter mirrors are of length 4cms the reflective surface of all
Mirrors are facing inwards and there is negligible gap b/w two mirrors at the four corners through which nothing more than
a laser beam is shot at mirror BC(longer mirror)through the gap at point A. In a plane parallel to the ground.
Q1 How many times will the laser beam bounce off a mirror surface before exiting the rectangle from point C , if the beam
travels a total distance of 25cm inside the rectangle.
A) 5 B) 4 C)3 D)none
Q2) How many times will the laser beam bounce off a mirror surface before exiting the rectangle from point A, if the beam
Travels the shortest possible distance inside the rectanagle.
A)22 B)15 C)4 D)none
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- 1. b, it has to reflect 4 times before exiting the point A
2. d, It has to reflect 2 times before exiting
- 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(6) No(0)
- 1. ans= 5 reason: divide 15cm into 5 parts of 3 cm each. first the ray strikes at 3 cm then 6cm then final exiting at point c.
- 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- @ Ravish Aggarwal...
Your solution is correct...but the Answer is 4
As the no of times it will bounce is 4 - 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- Can u plz xpln how
- 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- Q1 B) 4
Q2 B) 15 - 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- 1st=5
2nd=unsolved - 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
- u see a doubt comes usually in mind that which angle it is projected to traverse totally 25cm in before exiting through C. thinking in terms of geometry usually we deal with 30/45/60 degrees. so lets we have one side 4cm of rectangle and 25 is a multiple of 5 so if a laser is projected at 3cm with 30degree a hypotenuse of 5 is created which will be the path of light everytime it bounces back so total 4 times bouncing will happen. think and ponder for a while as if why these values are given 4,5,25 relation between them in geometry(pythagoras theorem)
- 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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