how can you explain the nature of the image formed by the plane mirror using the mirror formula?
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Explanation:
A plane mirror is a surface that is reflective and flat. The images this mirror makes appear to be exactly the same as the real object.
There are many characteristics of these images. One of them is the image is formed by this mirror are far behind than the actual placement of the object.
The formula used to describe the image of plane mirror is 1/u + 1/v = 1/f = 2/R . Here v is image distance, f is focal length and R represents the curvature of the radius.
While the radius of curvature can be found out using the given formula 1/u + 1/v = 0 means u = -v .
Since R of plane surfaces will be large as compared to u and v of curved surfaces. Hence 2/R becomes zero.
From this we can deduce, the image of the object placed in front of the mirror will be formed behind it.