What (and where) are these points of reflection I saw from a flight?

1. What is a plane reflection?
2. What is reflecting points in the coordinate plane?
3. Where is the mirror image in the Cartesian plane?
4. How do I find the point of an image?
5. What is a reflection point on a graph?
6. How do you find the mirror image of a point on a line?
7. Why is it called a reflection?
8. What is definition of reflection?
9. What is reflection angle?

What is a plane reflection?

(optics) A plane containing the direction of propagation of radiation reflected from a surface, and the normal to the surface. Also known as reflection plane.

What is reflecting points in the coordinate plane?

When you reflect a point across the y-axis, the y-coordinate remains the same, but the x-coordinate is transformed into its opposite (its sign is changed). Notice that B is 5 horizontal units to the right of the y-axis, and B' is 5 horizontal units to the left of the y-axis. the y-axis is the point (-x,y).

Where is the mirror image in the Cartesian plane?

Mirror image with respect to x-axis: In this case, image of P (x,y) become P (x, -y). Thus, to find the image of any point along the x-axis, we keep the x-coordinate same and sign of y-coordinate gets changed. Any point on the mirror remains the same.

How do I find the point of an image?

For finding the image of the point in the same line, we just multiply the rightmost term by 2. The image of the point is at the same distance from the line as the point itself is from the line. So, we have to multiply it by 2.

What is a reflection point on a graph?

Just like looking at a mirror image of yourself, but flipped....a reflection point is the mirror point on the opposite side of the axis.

How do you find the mirror image of a point on a line?

Distance of line from the point and image will be equal so in other words midpoint of AB will lie on the line and line AB will be perpendicular to line ax+by+c=0. By solving these two equations we find image of point A.

Why is it called a reflection?

Reflection comes from the idea of "self-examination, self-modification, and self-replication", reflecting on one's self for the purpose of change. In programming you use reflection to examine the structure of the program itself in the context of using it instead of just examining it.

What is definition of reflection?

1 : an instance of reflecting especially : the return of light or sound waves from a surface. 2 : the production of an image by or as if by a mirror. 3a : the action of bending or folding back.

What is reflection angle?

The angle between the incident ray and the normal is known as the angle of incidence. The angle between the reflected ray and the normal is known as the angle of reflection. ... The law of reflection states that when a ray of light reflects off a surface, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.