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Reflection in Plane Mirror

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Give the name for a highly polished reflecting surface that can return the rays of light into the same medium.

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A mirror is a glass surface backed with a metallic coating that reflects images that are in front of it.
A mirror is a smooth glass with one side reflecting and another side metallic polished.
Three types of mirror are: plane mirror, concave mirror and convex mirror.
Hence, the mirror is a highly polished reflecting surface that can return the rays of light into the same medium.

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