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1. Incident ray is the ray that travels from the source to the reflecting surface.
2. The reflecting ray is the ray that bounces out the reflecting surface
3. Normal is the perpendicular line to the reflecting surface at the point of reflection
chrispohmomanyi answered the question on September 26, 2017 at 13:50
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