A light ray emits from the origin making an angle
with the positive
-axis. After getting reflected by the line
, if this ray intersects
-axis at
, then the abscissa of
is
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Equation of ray is

Image of
in the line
is lies on reflected ray.


Point of Intersection of lines
and
is 

Now Reflected Ray is same as line passing through PM.
Slope of PM 
Equation of PM whose slope is
and passing through
.


ray, Intersects
-axis at 




abscissa of
is 
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