A photon of wavelength 6630 Å is incident on a totally reflecting surface. The momentum delivered by the photon is equal to
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The momentum of the incident radiation is given as 
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When the light is totally reflected normal to the surface the direction of the ray is reversed.
That means it reverses the direction of its momentum without changing its magnitude
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