Statement
13.1.5. Create an image of the object in a flat mirror. The image is inverted from right to left in relation to the subject. Why doesn't the mirror "flip" the image from top to bottom?
Solution
Mirror image is front-back inverted, but we often say that it is left-right inverted because we fix the up-down direction and use it together with the front-back direction to define the left-right direction. More precisely, if we consider
Imagine what happens when we fix the left-right direction and use it together with the front-back direction to define the up-down direction. If we consider
Answer
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