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AP Physics 2
13.1 Reflection
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Light rays reflecting from a smooth surface and a rough surface.
Light rays reflecting from a smooth surface and a rough surface.
A student observes that a smooth, polished metal surface forms a sharp image of a nearby object, whereas a sheet of unpolished white paper exposed to the same light does not form an image, even though both surfaces reflect a similar fraction of the incident light. Which of the following best explains why an image is formed by the metal surface but not by the paper?

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