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How to solve for angle of reflection in respect to floor?
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[QUOTE="AngelLegs, post: 5452597, member: 591855"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] [SIZE=6][B]A student stands 2.7 m in front of a floor-to-ceiling mirror. Her eyes are 1.64 m above the floor and she holds a flashlight at a distance 0.85 m above he floor. [/B][/SIZE] Calculate the angle θ, in degrees, that the flashlight makes with respect to the floor if the light is reflected into her eyes. [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] tangent sine [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] I'll use inverse tangent (1.64m/2.7m) to find the angle, but I'm not sure how to set it up. I'm confused about which angle I'm finding when I use that, and which "triangle" I'm supposed to be solving for, because the light ray makes a triangle when it reflects off the mirror, and the light makes another when it reflects into the students eyes. But I'm having huge complications with figuring which ones to apply to the problem solving process. [/QUOTE]
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