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Why did the left hand appear on the right in the perpendicular mirrors?
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∙ 11y ago
Clench your left hand and look in the mirror. Your head is directly in line with the head in the mirror. Your feet are directly opposite your feet in the mirror. Your clenched fist is directly opposite the fist in the mirror, your open hand is directly opposite the open hand in the mirror. If you put your fist to the mirror, the image puts its fist out to meet it. You would be surprised if it moved the other hand instead.
Comments: I think the question meant "in the plane mirrors". Plane mirrors are flat mirrors.
Also, the answer is not complete: 1) the mirror does reverse the object, but only in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. That information is in the answer, but it's not made very clear.
2) The image does seem to be left right reversed, despite this.
This is because of the "psychology of visual perception", and not "physics".
We find it hard to "see" our image as reversed front to back. So that means we
perceive the image as reversed left to right, with front and back unchanged.
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