A letter R on a piece of paper is observed under a microscope. The image observed is vertically inverted and laterally inverted. Why?

Question

What is the science definition of laterally inverted?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

A lens will vertically invert, and a mirror will laterally invert.

However, since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "laterally inverted image" to get these possible sources:

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0030303.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006027/html-ver/op-reflect.html

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

Answer 2

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