When a Ball Undergoes a Two-Dimensional Elastic Collision with a Smooth

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Essay

When a ball undergoes a two-dimensional elastic collision with a smooth wall, the angle that the incident path makes with the perpendicular to the wall is equal to the angle that the outgoing path makes with the perpendicular to the wall. Explain why this is so.

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