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

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In case of a plane mirror, the image formed is at the same distance behind the mirror as the object in front of it.
i.e. object distance from the mirror= image distance from the mirror.

So, the distance between the mirror and the object=12cm

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