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Why can you see your own reflected image in a mirror but not on a dry, painted wall?

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A wall uses diffuse reflection while a mirror uses specular reflection. For example, when parallel light rays enter a mirror, they remain parallel when exiting the mirror, allowing you to see a reflection of the light rays. On the contrary, when incident light rays enter a wall which is painted, the rays scatter, not allowing you to see anything but a painted wall.

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Answer: It will remain the same

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Mathematically this law is written as:

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Where:

$F_{E}$ is the electrostatic force

$K$ is the Coulomb's constant

$q_{1}=q_{2}=q$ are the electric charges , which in this case have the same positive charge

$d$ is the separation distance between the charges

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$F_{E}=K\frac{q^{2}}{d^{2}}$ (2)

Now, if the first charge is doubled:

$q_{1}=2q_$

And the second is reduced to a half:

$q_{2}=\frac{1}{2}q$

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$F_{E}=K\frac{(2q)(\frac{1}{2}q)}{d^{2}}$ (3)

$F_{E}=K\frac{q^{2}}{d^{2}}$ (4)

As we can see equation (4) is equal to equation (2), this means the force of repulsion between both charges will remain the same

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