Question

Below is the image of a clock in a plane mirror. What is the actual time?

• A. 2:45
• B. 3:15
• C. 3:45
• D. 4:15

Answer 1

The correct option is B 3:15

An extended object like a clock, will form a laterally inverted image in a plane mirror. That is, left and right will be interchanged. As the time appearing in the image of the clock is 8:45, the hands would look like:

Hence the actual time in clock would look like:

Hence, the correct time is 3:15.