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Characteristics of Image by a Plane Mirror

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The distance between the object and its image formed by a plane mirror appears to be 24 cm. What is the distance between the mirror and the object?

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Solution

Let
Distance between object and mirror = Distance between image and object = x

Hence,
Distance between object and image in mirror = Distance between object and mirror + Distance between image and object
24 = x + x
So,
x= 12 cm

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