plane mirror

• a plane mirror can be considered as a part of a smooth, shiny or polished flat surface
• people use the plane mirror to:

  1. check their personal appearance
  2. make small rooms look bigger
  3. for decorative purposes
• characteristic of a plane mirror:

  1. image is virtual, since actual light rays don't pass through the image point
  2. same size as the object
  3. same orientation as the object
  4. same distance from the mirror as the object
  5. upright but laterally inverted (left side version)
  6. equal size