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The diagram shows how an image is produced by a plane mirror.

A basketball is the object in front of a plane mirror. Two light rays go from the basketball to the mirror and reflect off at the same angle and go to an eye. Where the basketball is labeled W. Where the eye is labeled Z. On the other side of the mirror from the basketball is labeled X. On the other side of the mirror from the eye is labeled Y.
Which letter shows where the image will be produced?

W
X
Y
Z

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
X

A plane mirror produces a virtual image the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it. The rays appear to come from a point directly behind the mirror where the object (W) is located, which is at X.