Question

what do you mean by lateral inversion

Answer 1

The image formed by the plane mirror is horizontally inverted - that is reversed left to right. This is called Lateral Inversion.

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Answer 2

Question:-

What do you mean by lateral inversion?

Answer:-

In the image formed by a plane mirror, there is an interchange of the left and the right side. In other words, the left side of the object appears to be the right side of the image and vice versa. This property is known as the lateral inversion.

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