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6. If you are standing 2 m in front of a flat mirror,how the mirror is your image?What is the magnification of the image?Where is the image's right side with respect to your right side?

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6. If you are standing 2 m in front of a flat mirror,how the mirror is your image?What is the magnification of the image?Where is the image's right side with respect to your right side?

6. If you are standing 2 m in front of a flat mirror,how
the mirror is your image?What is the
magnification of the image?Where is the image's
right side with respect to your right side?

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Your image appears to be 2 meters behind the mirror. Since you are 2 meters in front, and the image appears 2 meters behind, the total distance between you and your image appears to be 2m + 2m = 4m.<br /><br />The magnification of the image in a flat mirror is always 1. This means the image appears the same size as the object.<br /><br />The image's right side appears on the same side as your left side. This is known as lateral inversion. Think of raising your right hand - your image will appear to raise its left hand.<br />
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