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How can you distinguish between a plane mirror, a concave mirror and a convex mirror without touching them?

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By observing the virtual images formed by the three mirrors, we can distinguish between the mirrors as:
(i) Plane mirror will produce an image of the same size,
(ii) Concave mirror will produce a magnified image, and
(iii) Convex mirror will produce a diminished image.

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