Choose the incorrect statement related to the image formed by a plane mirror:

a plane mirror always forms a virtual image

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the image formed by a plane mirror may be magnified or diminished

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the image formed by a plane mirror is always unmagnified and laterally inverted

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the image formed by a plane mirror is always unmagnified and erect

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Solution

The correct options are
A a plane mirror always forms a virtual image
B the image formed by a plane mirror may be magnified or diminished
As the image formed by a plane mirror is always virtual,upright, and of the same shape and size as the object it is reflecting.
Hence, option B is incorrect statement.

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