Light and Reflection Diagram Skills
E
STI
500
Mirrot
Flat Mirrors
1. The point of a 20.0 cm
D
pencil is placed 25.0 cm
from a flat mirror. Its
eraser is 15.0 cm from
the mirror. Three of the
light rays from the
pencil's point hit the
mirror with incident
angles of 0°, 20°, and
50° at points A, B, and C as shown.
a. Use a protractor to draw the reflected rays from points A, B, and C.
b. Where do reflected rays or their extensions intersect?
Mirror
B
c. What is the distance between the pencil's head and its image?
d. Would a person's eye located at point D perceive one of the reflected rays
drew? Will the person be able to see the image? Explain.
e. What if the eye is located at point E?
f. Draw incident rays from the eraser of the pencil to point A and to poin