Lesson: Chapter 5 — Optics

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Question 5

Why is AMBULANCE written backwards on the front of an ambulance?

A Because mirrors turn images upside down B By mistake C So that people behind can read it D So that the driver ahead reads it correctly in a mirror

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So that the driver ahead reads it correctly in a mirror. A plane mirror swaps left and right, so the reversed word comes out the right way round.

A plane mirror does not turn anything upside down.

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