Homework Help: physics

Posted by bari on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7:25pm.

Two mirrors are placed at a 90° angle to each other. A light ray strikes one mirror 0.620 m from the intersection of the mirrors with an incident angle of 36.5°. The ray then travels a distance d before reflecting from the second mirror. (a) What is the distance d? answer should be in meters.

physics - bobpursley, Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7:29pm
Draw the figure, work out the triangle. It is impossible without doing that.

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