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Characteristics of an Image by a Plane Mirror

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Ram while moving in a park seems his image in a mirror in such a way that his leg become shortened his belly become bulges and his face is quite normal in size.Identify the mirrors in order and out of which mirror shows lateral inversion?

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Dear Student,

The mirrors placed there are distorting mirror.

Instead of a normal plane mirror that reflects a perfect mirror image, distorting mirrors are curved mirrors, often using convex and concave sections to achieve the distorted effect.

Plane mirror shows lateral inversion.

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