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will a match in a mirrored room fill the room with light?
If all the surfaces in the room (walls, ceiling, floor) are all mirrors, will a single match fill the room with light?
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- billrussell42Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
No. It will be brighter than with no mirrors, but not excessively so.
Light loses intensity with each reflection, due to inverse square law, and to losses at each reflection, and to losses though travel through the air. Together you may lose 10% at every reflection, so after a few tens of bounces, the light is substantially dimmed.
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