Question

In a plane mirror why the images formed are laterally inverted?

Answer 1

Lateral inversion is the effect produced by a plane mirror in reversing images from left to right. As we observe our image on a plane mirror, we can see that our left side is at the right side of the image and our right side is at the left side of the image. Light rays coming from the left side of the object after reflection image is on the right side. In this way image formed by the mirror is laterally inverted