Question
A person whose eyes are 2.87 m above the floor stands 2.11 m in front of a vertical plane
mirror whose bottom edge is 41 cm above the floor. What is the horizontal distance x to the
base of the wall supporting the mirror of the nearest point on the floor that can be seen
reflected in the mirror?
mirror whose bottom edge is 41 cm above the floor. What is the horizontal distance x to the
base of the wall supporting the mirror of the nearest point on the floor that can be seen
reflected in the mirror?
Answers
Draw a good sketch and make the incident and reflected rays at the same angle to the perpendicular to the mirror at the bottom.
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