How to find angle between two inclined plane mirrors?

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To find the angle between two inclined plane mirrors, one can use the formula for the angle of deviation, which is given by 360 - 2#. When a ray of light is incident on the first mirror and is parallel to the second, the angle of deviation can be calculated as 180 + #. In this case, if the angle of inclination is 60 degrees, the angle of deviation would be 240 degrees. Thus, the angle between the two mirrors can be determined using these relationships.
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Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other at an angle. If a ray of light incident on the first mirror is parallel to second mirror, is reflected from the second mirror parallel to the first mirror then what is the angle between the two mirrors.
please help me solve it.
 
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kush03 said:
Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other at an angle. If a ray of light incident on the first mirror is parallel to second mirror, is reflected from the second mirror parallel to the first mirror then what is the angle between the two mirrors.
please help me solve it.

Use the formula:- angle of deviation between initial ray and final ray=(360-2#) where # is the angle of inclination between two mirrors. First find out angle of deviation then put the value in the formula.

Here angle of deviation is (180+#) and angle of inclination is 60.
 
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