Question

Are images formed by a plane mirror laterally displaced?
(I am asking about 'lateral displacement' not 'lateral inversion')​

Please do not copy from Google as it is giving incorrect answer.​

Answer 1

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The characteristics of an image formed by a flat mirror are:-

(a) The image and object are the same distance from the mirror.

(b) The image is a virtual image.

(c) The image is situated behind the mirror. A convex mirror is a diverging mirror and forms only one type of image, namely a virtual image.

Answer 2

No the images are not laterally displaced.

Explanation:

Lateral displacement is a term used in refraction of light. It is the distance between emergent ray and the traced path of incident ray. A plane mirror reflects almost all of the light that falls on it. So the image formed is virtual image. Lateral displacement term is used when a ray of light passes through a glass slab and bends. Plane mirror doesn't refract a ray of light, it reflects it back.

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