Question

Name the phenomenon responsible for the following effect:
When we sit in front of a plane mirror and write with our right hand, it appears in the mirror that we are writing with the left hand.

Answer 1

Explanation:

The phenomenon is called lateral inversion. When we sit in front of a plane mirror and write with our right hand, it appears in the mirror that we are writing with the left hand is called lateral inversion.

Answer 2

Lateral inversion

Explanation:

Lateral inversion is a phenomenon in which left appears to be right and vice versa. It is due to direction that light follows when it strikes a reflecting surface, generally a mirror. The incident ray and reflected ray are on opposite sides after being reflected by a plane mirror. so the image formed by the reflection of a plane mirror appears to be laterally inverted.