One day, Ronit suddenly woke up in bed and, by mistake, saw the image of his analog clock in a plane mirror and panicked that he was late. The time it showed was 8:45. The correct time was?
A
3:15
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B
2:45
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C
4:15
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D
3:45
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Solution
The correct option is A3:15 An extended object like a clock will form a laterally inverted image in a plane mirror. The image of the clock showed 8:45, like:
Hence the clock would have been like:
Hence, the correct time was 3:15.