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A clock having marks Instead of numbers on its dial appears to indicate 4:35 when you through a plane mirror what is the correct time explain the anomaly

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Solution

The image in the mirror will be inverted. So as the time reads 4:35, the hour hand will be between 4 and 5. Therefore its real image will be its inverted form. ie., the hour hand will be between 7 and 8. Therefore the time will be 7:25

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