Question: Show that if two plane mirrors meet at an angle Ф, a single ray reflected successively from both mirrors is deflected through an angle of

Show that if two plane mirrors meet at an angle Ф, a single ray reflected successively from both mirrors is deflected through an angle of 2Ф independent of the incident angle. Assume Ф < 90o and those only two reflections, one from each mirror, take place.

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