Why can't we see our image in a white sheet of paper through it reflects light?

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the surface of the white light sheet reflects the light in different angles
this multiple reflection scatters the reflecting rays of the image .hence we will be losing the image

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Why can't we see our image in a white sheet of paper through it reflects light?

the surface of the white light sheet reflects the light in different angles this multiple reflection scatters the reflecting rays of the image .hence we will be losing the image

the surface of the white light sheet reflects the light in different angles
this multiple reflection scatters the reflecting rays of the image .hence we will be losing the image