Explain why do both a plane mirror and a sheet of paper reflect light but we can see the image of our face in a plane mirror but not in a sheet of paper?
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Even though a plane mirror and a sheet of paper reflect light ,we can see our image in the mirror and not thepaper as the mirror has a smooth,polished,reflective surface which is able to reflect the light rays according to the law of reflection . Contrastingly , a paper sheet has a rough surface which is uneven
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Though both a plane mirror and a sheet of paper reflect light but we can see the image of our face in a plane mirror but not in a sheet of paper because in-plane mirror regular reflection of light takes place as it has a smooth surface. Thus, an image is formed.
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