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What is lateral inversion?


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Lateral inversion:

  1. When an object is placed in front of a mirror the image is formed such that the right side of the object looks like the left side and vice versa. This is lateral inversion.
  2. Lateral inversion is due to the virtual image formation behind the mirror, observed in the plane mirror.

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