images in plane mirrors

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    • When you look into a mirror and see the reflected light, your brain thinks there is a light source behind the mirror. We call this a virtual image. A virtual image is an image formed by light coming from an apparent light source. The light is not arriving at or coming from the actual image location.
    • using equal perpendicular lines to locate an image
    • lateral inversion
    • S A L T
    • what is lateral inversion?
      the orientation of an image in a plane mirror backwards and reversed
    • what does SALT refer to?
      properties of the image
    • what does SALT stand for?
      Size, Attitude, Location, Type
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