Question

what will be the size of the image of a candle held in front of a plane mirror,if the candle is of 5 cm​

Answer 1

Answer:

the image of the candle will be of 5cm only since it's a plane mirror

Answer 2

The size of the image of the candle will be of 5 cm.

• As the candle is placed in front of a plane mirror, then according to the formula the size of the object is equals to the size of the image formed.
• Hence, the size of formed image of candle is 5 cm.
• For the case of Plane mirror, the distance between mirror and the object is equals to the distance between mirror and the formed image.