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Explain why a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror gets reflected along the same path after reflection.

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asked Jan 19, 2018 in Physics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) ● 34 ● 382 ● 1020
Explain why a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror gets reflected along the same path after reflection.

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answered Jan 19, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) ● 8 ● 11 ● 21
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This is because the angle of incidence is 0o That is the ray passing through the centre of curvature is incident normally to the mirror. The angle of reflection should also be 0o.

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