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Question
Figure shows the word REST written in two ways in front of a mirror. Show how the word would appear in the mirror.
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Solution
In an image formed by a plane mirror, the left of the object appears on the right and the right appears on the left, i.e. the image formed is laterally inverted, as shown below in the Fig. (A) and (B).
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