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I am having trouble understanding this idea, I will quote what I have read and then post an image. This is not a homework question if anyone asks, it is an extension of what I am doing at school, but I would like to do some work through my week off.
"Waves that are incident on solid surfaces obey the law of reflection. The angle between the direction of travel of the incident wave energy and the normal to the surface is equal to the angle between the direction of travel of the reflected energy and the normal."
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6739/wavesol6.png
Question
a) What is the "incident"? I have looked it up but everywhere I look it is written in a way I do not understand, could someone please dum it down a bit :shy:
b) On the diagram I do not know what is happening? Like where is the wave coming from and what is the normal and reflected energy?
Any help would be great
"Waves that are incident on solid surfaces obey the law of reflection. The angle between the direction of travel of the incident wave energy and the normal to the surface is equal to the angle between the direction of travel of the reflected energy and the normal."
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6739/wavesol6.png
Question
a) What is the "incident"? I have looked it up but everywhere I look it is written in a way I do not understand, could someone please dum it down a bit :shy:
b) On the diagram I do not know what is happening? Like where is the wave coming from and what is the normal and reflected energy?
Any help would be great
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