An object is kept at 60 cm in front of a plane mirror. If the mirror is now moved 25 cm away from the object, how does the image shift from its previous position?Explain with help of a diagram.

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There is no need of any diagram for this question.
Problem is solved as below.
Same method can be applied to all similar questions.
If mirror is moved with distance x then image in the mirror will move by distance 2x.

Given x= 25cm

then 2x = 50 cm.

So, image will be shift by 50cm.

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An object is kept at 60 cm in front of a plane mirror. If the mirror is now moved 25 cm away from the object, how does the image shift from its previous position?Explain with help of a diagram.

There is no need of any diagram for this question. Problem is solved as below. Same method can be applied to all similar questions. If mirror is moved with distance x then image in the mirror will move by distance 2x. Given x= 25cm then 2x = 50 cm. So, image will be shift by 50cm.

There is no need of any diagram for this question.
Problem is solved as below.
Same method can be applied to all similar questions.
If mirror is moved with distance x then image in the mirror will move by distance 2x.

Given x= 25cm

then 2x = 50 cm.

So, image will be shift by 50cm.