A sonar wave is reflected from the ocean floor. For which angles of incidence do the wave's angle of reflection equal its angle of incidence?

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Taryn Kirby

Physics

29 April, 08:59

A sonar wave is reflected from the ocean floor. For which angles of incidence do the wave's angle of reflection equal its angle of incidence?

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Jeremy Jarvis · Answer 1

After a thorough research, there exists the same question that has the following choices.

(1) angles less than 45°, only

(2) an angle of 45°, only

(3) angles greater than 45°, only

(4) all angles of incidence

The correct answer (4) all angles of incidence.

Harmony Weeks · Answer 2

As a general rule of wave motion and the laws of reflection for any incoming wave the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection will always be the same if the medium is constant and no refraction is taking place. This is a general rule which can be used to answer any such question.