Question

In a rear view mirror why does the object appears nearer

Answer 1

The objects appear nearer in the rear view mirror due to the following reasons :

- Firstly as rear mirror appears to be curved and is bent in the outward direction towards the center.

- As these mirror appear to be curved on the backside they exhibit a wider view of visualizing any angle with better reference.

- Reflected images gets compressed due to wide focal points which makes the object look smaller then they actually are in the reality.