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You cannot see through a mirror, you can see the reflection coming off.

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Is a mirror's surface opaque?

"opaque"


Is a mirror's surface transparenttranslucentor opaque?

"opaque"


Is a mirror tranparent translucent or opaque?

A mirror is opaque because it does not allow light to pass through it. Instead, it reflects light, which is why we can see our reflection in it.


What are the two types of mirror?

Opaque and transparent


Is mirror a transparent translucent or opaque?

a mirror is translucent even though it looks transparent.


Is a mirror opaque or translucent?

Opaque- it does not allow any light to pass (all light is reflected back).


What does opaque measure?

'Opaque' means that light cannot pass through. A mirror or a black body can be referred as opaque objects. But colliqualy the term 'Opaque' is used often as a synonym for 'Opacity'. So 'opaque' can be called a measure of transparency/opacity


What is it called when a light cannot pass through objects?

The object is opaque


Is a mirror surface is transparent translucent or a opaque?

Transparent


How light travels when it hits a mirror?

it reflects back since mirror is a opaque surface .this phenomenon of bouncing back of light is called reflection.


When a light ray hits a mirror what rules does it follow?

When light hits a mirror, it either reflects onto another mirror, or bends and travels until it hit an opaque object.


Can a mirror be a opaque object?

Great question! A mirror can be called as opaque. Because as a whole, it does not allow light to pass through it..Defn of opaque objects: Impervious to the rays of light.A mirror is actually a thin glass slab with its one side coated with silver. So when the rays fall on the mirror, it first falls on the upper face of the glass slab, gets refracted, travels through it, gets reflected by silver, travels back through glass slab, gets refracted at the upper glass-air interface and comes out.So here light actually "passes through" one of the parts of mirror- the glass slab(the other one being the silver coating).But when you say mirror, you consider the object as a whole and not by parts... AND as a whole it does not allow light to pass through it. Therefore, you can very well call it opaque!!