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Lateral Inversion

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In an image formed by a plane mirror, the left of the object appears on the right and the right appears on the left. This is known as___.

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In an image formed by a mirror, the left of the object appears on the right and the right appears on the left. This is known as lateral inversion.
An example of lateral inversion by the mirror is shown in the image below.

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