A man is holding a lighted cand le in front of a thick glass mirror and on viewing it obliquely he noticed a number of images of the cand le why

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The front surface of a thick glass mirror is both reflecting. The back surface is silvered and acts as a mirror. Images arise due reflection of incident light by the front surface then by back surface, following by multiple reflection of light within the glass by the front and back surfaces.

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