I am in a dark room where there's no light ( which is very dark) and a mirror. As known mirror needs light for reflection but how is it possible to reflect our shadows on the mirror even though there's no light?

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No, in a completely dark room, there won’t be any light in the room, so there won’t be any reflection of light and no image will be formed on the mirror.

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