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A ray of light is moving from a rarer medium to a denser medium and strikes a plane mirror placed at `90^(@)` to the direction of the ray as shown in the diagram.

Name the principle you have used to mark the arrows to show the direction of the ray.

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Principle of reversibility of light.
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