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Lesson: Chapter 5 — Optics

5.1. Reflection at a plane mirror 3 of 5

Question 3

Why is the image in a plane mirror called virtual?

The right answer is the one marked above.

No light actually comes from it, so it cannot be caught on a screen. The rays only seem to come from behind the mirror; none of them ever gets there.

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