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I believe that this is a strong and compelling psychological illusion. It appears so because you, a laterally symmetrical object, are looking into the mirror. The mirror is reflecting your symmetry, and in the way that plane mirrors do it. What's more, gravity orients you in a certain way, as it does most laterally symmetrical things. The illusion is about symmetry and gravity.
Make Some ObservationsTake a full photograph of anyone, standing up and head to foot, and hold it in front of you so you can see its reflection while you look into a mirror. Turn the photograph 90 degrees with the photo image's head at your left hand. It will appear relative to the photo and its reflection that its 'lateral inversion' is in what you call up-down, but when you look up at your face you will swear that there is no 'inversion' along that dimension. The mirror can't be selectively and simultaneously 'inverting' one image and not the other, and switching its 'inversion' depending on your gaze. Regarding mirror images, maybe 'plane mirror image' is a better term than 'inverted'.Look again at the sideways photo reflection. You know that the head of the person in the real photograph is pointing toward your real left hand. But which hand is nearest the head in the mirror image? The right hand of your mirror image. So right-left is nothing but a property of your clearly symmetrical body, and up-down are clearly ideas of orientation, or symmetry, with regard to gravity. And the mirror is just hanging there, giving you an ordinary plane mirror image of what is before it. So whatever the plane mirror is doing, it is doing the same thing along any linear axis you can think of.
What else can I help you with?
Which best describes the type of image formed by a plane mirror?
The image formed by a plane mirror is virtual, upright, and laterally inverted.
Why does a plane mirror form a laterally inverted image?
A plane mirror forms a laterally inverted image because it reverses the left and right directions of objects. This occurs because light rays reflect off the mirror such that the image appears to be flipped horizontally.
Where the image appears to be in a plane mirror?
The image in a plane mirror appears behind the mirror at the same distance as the object is in front of the mirror. It is laterally inverted, meaning left and right are swapped, but not vertically inverted.
State four characteristics of the image formed in a plane mirror?
1.Image distance= object distance 2.Size of the image = size of the object 3.image is laterally inverted 4.Image is always virtual & erect
What describes image formation by a plane mirror?
Image formation by a plane mirror involves reflection of light waves, where the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The image formed is virtual, upright, and laterally inverted with respect to the object. The image appears to be the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
Which best describes the type of image formed by a plane mirror?
The image formed by a plane mirror is virtual, upright, and laterally inverted.
Why does a plane mirror form a laterally inverted image?
A plane mirror forms a laterally inverted image because it reverses the left and right directions of objects. This occurs because light rays reflect off the mirror such that the image appears to be flipped horizontally.
Where the image appears to be in a plane mirror?
The image in a plane mirror appears behind the mirror at the same distance as the object is in front of the mirror. It is laterally inverted, meaning left and right are swapped, but not vertically inverted.
State four characteristics of the image formed in a plane mirror?
1.Image distance= object distance 2.Size of the image = size of the object 3.image is laterally inverted 4.Image is always virtual & erect
What describes image formation by a plane mirror?
Image formation by a plane mirror involves reflection of light waves, where the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. The image formed is virtual, upright, and laterally inverted with respect to the object. The image appears to be the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
How can you describe the image formed by a plane mirror?
The image formed by a plane mirror is virtual, upright, and laterally inverted. It appears to be the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
How is the image in a plane mirror different from the object itself?
The image in a plane mirror is laterally inverted, meaning left and right are switched, while the object itself is not inverted. The image appears to be the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it. The size of the image is the same as the size of the object.
Is a plane mirror upside down?
No, a plane mirror does not flip an image upside down. It produces a mirror image that is laterally inverted, meaning left and right are switched, but top and bottom remain the same.
What type of image does a plane mirror form?
The image formed by a plane mirror is virtual, erect, same size as object, and laterally inverted ( left side appears right and right side appears left ). Also, the virtual image is as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of the mirror.
Where image appears to be when you look into a plane mirror?
mirage mirror it's self!
What are the 5 Properties of an image in a plane mirror?
Characteristics of an image formed by the plane mirror are :- * Virtual and erect (up right ) . * The image is of same size as that of the object . *The image is far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it . *The image is laterally inverted .
What are the 5 properties of the image created in the plane mirror?
The five properties of an image created in a plane mirror are virtual, upright, laterally inverted, the same size as the object and the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
