Question

state the characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

What are the characteristics of an image formed on a plane mirror?

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An image is formed by the real or virtual convergence of light from from an object, point for point. When light diverges from any point on an object and an optical system gathers some of that light and converges it to another point, THAT is an image.

Examples:

A telescope mirror(s) gather light from a star and transform that light to a point at its focal point.

A camera lens collects light from a person’s face, (every point on that face), and faithfully transforms that light to an image plane where the light from all the points on the person’s face are brought back together, in the same relative position.

When you look in a flat mirror, you are not looking at an image. You are looking at yourself at twice the distance you are from the mirror.

Your eye lens forms an image of your reflection but you are not looking at an image. You are looking at the object.

As for an image formed “on” a flat (plane) mirror, there is nothing special about it. You will not see the image because the mirror doesn’t scatter enough light. The light will converge on to the mirror to form the image and then reflect and diverge away.

The characteristics of an image formed in a plane mirror:

• image formed is virtual ie image cannot be projected or focused on a screen
• the distance of the image ‘behind’ the mirror is the same as the distance of the object in front of the mirror
• the size of the image formed is the same as the size of the object
• the image is laterally inverted ie left-right reversal of the orientation of the image, not top-down vertical reversal eg PHYSICS becomes SCISYHP
• altitude/orientation is always upright.

I hope this helps you

Answer 2

(i) Plane mirror forms an erect image.

(ii) It forms a virtual image.

(iii) Size of the image is same as that of the object.

(iv)Image is formed at the same distance behind the mirror as the object stands in front of it.

(v) Image formed is a laterally inverted image i.e., right hand side of the object seems to be the left hand side and vice-versa.