Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Jacob on Monday, September 3, 2012 at 5:19pm.

A man is 6 feet tall and wishes to have a "full length mirror" in his house, meaning a mirror that lets him see himself from top to bottom. He goes to the hardware store to get a piece of flat (plane) mirror that is just barely long enough to work. How long is the mirror that he buys?

Physics - Damon, Monday, September 3, 2012 at 6:21pm
half as tall as he is. Look at ray from head to bottom of mirror to feet.

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