Ramesh sits on the passenger side of the car and asks his driver to stand at one car's length behind the car. He looks at the driver's reflection in the passenger side mirror and then at the driver's reflection in the rearview mirror. Which of the following statement is correct?

The driver standing behind the car appears to be smaller when viewed in the passenger side mirror than when viewed in the rearview mirror.

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The driver standing behind the car appears to be larger when viewed in the passenger side mirror than when viewed in the rearview mirror.

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The driver standing behind the car appears to be equal when viewed in the passenger side mirror and when viewed in the rearview mirror.

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He cannot see the driver

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Solution

The correct option is C The driver standing behind the car appears to be smaller when viewed in the passenger side mirror than when viewed in the rearview mirror.
The rear-view mirror is a plane mirror while the passenger side mirror is probably a convex mirror.
Convex mirror will produce smaller size image than plane mirror.
So option $a$ is correct

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