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Question
Write down four characteristics of image formed in a plane mirror.
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Solution
Characteristics of Image formed by a Plane Mirror.
(a) Image is of the same size as that of object.
(b) Image is laterally inverted.
(c) It is upright.
(d) It is virtual.
(e) Image formed is as far behind the mirror as the object in front of the mirror.
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