An object placed 2 m from a plane mirror is shifted by 0.5 m away from the mirror. What is the distance between the object and its image?

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5 m

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Solution

The correct option is C 5 m
Given, object distance $= 2 m$ .

(initially) Final object distance $= 2.5 m$

In a plane mirror, image distance $=$ object distance. Therefore, final image distance $= 2.5 m$ and the distance between object in its image $= 5 m$

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