In a completely dark room, if you hold up a mirror in front of you, will you see a reflection of yourself in the mirror?

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No, inorder to see your reflection, a source of light is required. An image is formed in a mirror when the light from an object falls on the mirror and reflects back to our eyes. Hence we cannot see the image in a dark room.

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