Law of Reflection Demo

Law of Reflection Demo
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2014-11-25 22:20
This example demonstrates the law of reflection where the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. It involves core math concepts like angle measurement and geometric construction. Key GeoGebra commands/objects used include Point, Segment, LineBisector, Intersect, Angle, Rotate, and Vector for constructing the incident ray, normal, reflected ray, and measuring angles. Suitable for high school physics or mathematics classes to visually understand and verify the law of reflection.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Point(xAxis) → A
  2. Point(xAxis) → B
  3. Segment(A, B) → a
  4. LineBisector(a) → Normal
  5. Intersect(Normal, a) → C
  6. Segment(D, C) → Incident
  7. Point(Normal) → E
  8. Angle(E, C, D) → i
  9. Rotate(E, -1.0 * i, C) → E'
  10. Angle(E', C, E) → r
  11. Vector(C, E') → Reflected