{"id":133647,"date":"2022-03-03T23:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/?p=133647"},"modified":"2024-10-07T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:56:12","slug":"plane-mirror-image-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/class-10\/physics\/light\/plane-mirror-image-characteristics\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane Mirror &#8211; Image characteristics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_37 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' style='display:block'><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/class-10\/physics\/light\/plane-mirror-image-characteristics\/#What_are_the_Image_characteristics_of_a_plane_mirror\" title=\"What are the Image characteristics of a plane mirror?\">What are the Image characteristics of a plane mirror?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/class-10\/physics\/light\/plane-mirror-image-characteristics\/#Summary\" title=\"Summary\">Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image Characteristics of a Plane Mirror<\/li>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s Next?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the previous segment, we learnt about <strong>Real and virtual images. <\/strong>In this segment, let us understand the image characteristics of a plane mirror.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_Image_characteristics_of_a_plane_mirror\"><\/span>What are the Image characteristics of a plane mirror?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The image properties of a plane mirror are as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The image formed by a plane mirror is virtual, that is, not real.<\/li>\n<li>The image formed by a plane mirror is always erect, that is, upright.<\/li>\n<li>The size of the object and the size of its image formed by a plane mirror are always the same.<\/li>\n<li>The image formed by a plane mirror is laterally inverted. That is, the left of the object is the right of the image and vice versa. Thus, the image formed by a plane mirror follows a <strong>Left- Right reversal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The object is at the same distance from the plane mirror as its image.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span>Summary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Image Characteristics of a Plane Mirror<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtual (not real)<\/li>\n<li>Erect (upright)<\/li>\n<li>Size of the object and its image are the same<\/li>\n<li>Laterally inverted<\/li>\n<li>Distance of the object and its image from the plane mirror are the same<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In our next segment of Class 10 Science, we will learn about the <strong>Ray diagrams of a plane mirror.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Image Characteristics of a Plane Mirror Summary What\u2019s Next? 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