The ray diagram of an image formed on a plane mirror when a light source is placed in front of it is shown below. Consider a point source of light O which is placed in front of a mirror MM’. The incident ray is OA, while the reflected ray is AX. After impacting the mirror at point B, the other beam, OB, emerges through O. The reflected ray is denoted by BY. The reflected beams AX and BY both intersect at point I behind the mirror.
With the help of a labelled ray diagram, describe how a plane mirror forms an image of a point source of light placed in front of it. State the characteristics of the image formed in a plane mirror.
With the help of a labelled ray diagram, describe how a plane mirror forms an image of a point source of light placed in front of it. State the characteristics of the image formed in a plane mirror.