An insect is sitting at a distance of 80cm in front of a plane mirror. If it moves 0.20m towards the mirror then what will be the distance of the insect from its image now?

0.2 m

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1 m

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0.8 m

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1.2 m

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Solution

The correct option is D $1.2 m$
Image of the insect will also move 0.2 m towards the mirror because in plane mirror distance of object and image from mirror remains same.

New distance between insect and its image will be $1.6 - 0.4 = 1.2 m$

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An insect is sitting at a distance of 80cm in front of a plane mirror. If it moves 0.20m towards the mirror then what will be the distance of the insect from its image now​?

The correct option is D 1.2 mImage of the insect will also move 0.2 m towards the mirror because in plane mirror distance of object and image from mirror remains same. New distance between insect and its image will be 1.6−0.4=1.2 m

An insect is sitting at a distance of 80cm in front of a plane mirror. If it moves 0.20m towards the mirror then what will be the distance of the insect from its image now?

The correct option is D $1.2 m$
Image of the insect will also move 0.2 m towards the mirror because in plane mirror distance of object and image from mirror remains same.

New distance between insect and its image will be $1.6 - 0.4 = 1.2 m$