Question
Describe the following experiment with Diagram: To show that a mirror changes the direction of light falling on it.
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Answer
Apparatus — Materials : Torch, mirror.
Procedure Procedure
$(1)$ Ask one of your friends to hold a mirror in his / her hand at one corner of the dark room.
$(2)$ Stand at another corner with a torch in your hand.
$(3)$ Cover the glass of torch with your finers and switch it on.
$(4)$ Adjust your fingers with a small gap between them so that you can get a beam of light.
$(5)$ Direct the beam of the torch light onto the mirror that your friend is holding.
$(6)$ You see a patch of light on the other side.
$(7)$ Now, adjust the direction of the torch so that the patch of light falls on another friend standing in the room. Observation : The light from the torch after reflection incident on friend.
Procedure Procedure
$(1)$ Ask one of your friends to hold a mirror in his / her hand at one corner of the dark room.
$(2)$ Stand at another corner with a torch in your hand.
$(3)$ Cover the glass of torch with your finers and switch it on.
$(4)$ Adjust your fingers with a small gap between them so that you can get a beam of light.
$(5)$ Direct the beam of the torch light onto the mirror that your friend is holding.
$(6)$ You see a patch of light on the other side.
$(7)$ Now, adjust the direction of the torch so that the patch of light falls on another friend standing in the room. Observation : The light from the torch after reflection incident on friend.
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