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Q: Why are words inverted when looking at a mirror?
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Why do images in a concave mirror appear inverted?

If an object's distance from the concave mirror is greater than the mirror's focal length, then the mirror image of it will be inverted. If the distance from the concave mirror is less than the focal length of the mirror, the image will not be inverted. No image will be produced if the distance from the mirror to the object is equal to the mirror's focal length.


Why in a ambulance letters are laterally inverted?

So a driver in front of an ambulance can read the word when they look in the rear view mirror


When you look at a plane mirror what does the images appear to be in th mirror?

An image that is laterally inverted.


Can a plane mirror ever form an inverted an image?

no.


Can a plane mirror form real and inverted image?

no,but if we make some changes it can be form real and inverted


Is the image formed by a convex mirror laterally inverted?

yes


A flat mirror forms an image that is?

Virtual and laterally inverted.


The image in a plane mirror an be upright or inverted depending on where the object is?

A plane mirror will always create an upright image of 1/2 scale.


Why isn't the image in a periscope laterally inverted?

Because there are two mirrors: one at the bottom and one at the top. If there was only one mirror in it, it would be, but because the image is inverted in one mirror, then that image is inverted again in the second mirror, it goes back to normal and you see the normal image which is entering the periscope at the other end.


How can you distinguish between a plane concave and a convex mirror without touching them?

the image in the concave mirror will be real and inverted


What describes image formation by a plane mirror?

The image in a plane mirror is the same size as the object, the same distance from the mirror, upright and laterally inverted.


Why letters appear laterally inverted in plain mirror?

this happens because they are plane