The sun shines down on a mirror. The angle between the incident rays of sunlight and the vertical is 60o. What is the angle between the reflected rays and the vertical?

I think the answer is 60 am i correct

that you are.

That is, if the mirror is horizontal.

No, your answer is not correct. The angle between the reflected rays and the vertical will not be the same as the angle between the incident rays and the vertical. To find the angle between the reflected rays and the vertical, we need to use the law of reflection.

The law of reflection states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The angle of incidence is the angle between the incident rays and the normal (an imaginary line perpendicular to the mirror surface), and the angle of reflection is the angle between the reflected rays and the normal.

In this case, the angle between the incident rays and the vertical is given as 60 degrees. Since the normal is perpendicular to the mirror surface, it will be parallel to the vertical. Therefore, the angle of incidence is also 60 degrees.

According to the law of reflection, the angle of reflection will also be 60 degrees. So, the angle between the reflected rays and the vertical will be 60 degrees.