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A boy is standing in front of a plane mirror. Choose the INCORRECT statement.

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Image of the boy will be erect and diminished.
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Image formed will be virtual and of the equal size.
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Left hand of the boy will appear as right in the image.
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Boy and his image will be at equal distance from the mirror.
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Solution

The correct option is A Image of the boy will be erect and diminished.

Plane mirrors always produce an image that is virtual, erect and of the equal size as the object.
The image distance from the mirror is always equal to the object distance from the mirror.
Also, an image formed by a plane mirror is laterally inverted which means that the left side of the object appears to be on the right side in the image.
Thus, the left hand of the boy will appear as the right hand in the image.
Hence, the image formed by the plane mirror is virtual, erect, laterally inverted and of the equal size as the object.

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