While standing before a plane mirror, if you move your right hand to the right, which hand does your image move? [3 MARKS]

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A mirror image formed by a plane mirror is identical in size and shape but is laterally inverted.

If we move our right hand to the right, our image will move left hand towards the left. It is because in a plane mirror our "left appears right” and "right appears left”. This is called lateral inversion.

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