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The rear view mirror of a car is a plane mirror. A driver is reversing his car at a speed of 2 m/s. The driver sees in his rear view mirror the image of a truck parked behind his car. The speed at which the image of the truck appears to approach the driver will be

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a

4 m/s

b

8 m/s

c

1 m/s

d

2 m/s

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

In a plane mirror, the object distance and the image distance from the mirror always remain the same. 

So, when the car reverses at a speed of s1 = 2 m/s, then its image also appears to move towards the mirror at the same speed.

 i.e., s2 = s1 = 2 m/s.

Hence, the speed at which the image of the truck will appear to approach the car will be 

s =s1 + s2 

s =2 m/s + 2 m/s

s =4 m/s.

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