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A person looks into the mirror by placing it close to his face. The image of his face was erect, laterally inverted and of the same size. Then, the mirror must be

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plane

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concave

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convex

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plane or concave

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Solution

The correct option is A plane
Images formed by plane mirrors are always virtual,erect,and of unit magnification and laterally inverted. Hence the given mirror must be a plane mirror.

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