How to Calculate the Initial Angle of Incidence in a Mirrored Maze?

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Homework Statement



In an amusement park maze with all the walls covered with mirrors, Pilar sees Hernando's reflection from a series of three mirrors. If the reflected angle from mirror 3 is 52° for the mirror arrangement shown in the figure, in which = 12°, what is the angle of incidence on mirror 1?

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Homework Equations


law of reflection:
angle incident = angle reflected (with respect to normal)

The Attempt at a Solution



Working backwards, I arrived at 40 degrees.
 
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Angle [itex]\beta[/itex] = 12°?
 
Yes, alpha = 52, beta = 12.

Just hope if anyone can confirm my answer. I worked it through and did not have to use trig.