What is meant by lateral inversion of an image in a plane mirror? Explain it with the help of a ray diagram.

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Solution

Lateral inversion:
The interchange of the left and right sides in the image of an object in a plane mirror is called lateral inversion.

Ray diagram:
In the below diagram the image of letter $p$ appear in the plane mirror as $q$ .

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The image formed by a plane mirror is :

(a) real

(b) virtual

(d) real with lateral inversion.

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