The image formed in a plane mirror will be
The image formed in a plane mirror will be a virtual image. To understand why, we need to understand how a plane mirror works and how it forms an image.
When light rays from an object are incident on a plane mirror, they bounce off the mirror and continue in different directions. The law of reflection states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection. This means that the rays of light bounce off the mirror in such a way that they appear to come from behind the mirror.
To find the location of the image formed by a plane mirror, you can use the following rule:
1. Draw a perpendicular line (called the normal) to the mirror surface at the point of incidence of a ray of light.
2. Measure the angle between the incident ray and the normal. This is called the angle of incidence.
3. Reflect this angle on the other side of the normal line.
4. Draw the reflected ray from the point of incidence in the direction of the reflected angle.
The image formed in a plane mirror is located behind the mirror, and it is the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of the mirror. The image will appear to be the same size as the object and will be laterally inverted (left and right reversed).
Since the image formed in a plane mirror is located behind the mirror and appears to be coming from behind the mirror, it is called a virtual image. It cannot be projected onto a screen or captured on a surface, as it is not a real image formed by converging light rays.