An insect is sitting in front of a plane mirror at a distance of 1 m from it where is the image of the insect formed and what is the distance between the insect and its umage
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Answer:
2m
Explanation:
the image will be formed behind the mirror which will be real, virtual and of the same size as the object.
since the insect is sitting 1m away from the mirror so it's image will be formed 1m away from the mirror on the other side. Therefore the distance between the insect and it's image is 2m.
The image of the insect will be formed 1 metre behind the reflective surface of the mirror. And,the distance between the insect and it's image is 2 metres.
• According to the rules of the light rays by the plane mirror,the image distance from the mirror surface is equal to the distance of the real object to the mirror surface.
• And,the distance from real object to it's image is double than the distance of the real object with the mirror surface.
• By the same law,we can say that the image of the object will be formed behind 1 metre of the mirror surface and the distance between the insect, it's image is 2 metres.