Mirror and Water Images
Category : 9th Class
Suppose someone stands in front of a plane mirror. If he lifts his left hand, the image in the mirror shows his right hand and vice-versa. The left half of a body becomes right half of its mirror image and right half becomes left half. In the problems on mirror images, if not mentioned, the mirror is assumed to be placed to vertically right of the object.
Let us illustrate some examples of mirror image.
EXAMPLE
1. Choose the correct mirror image of the Fig. (X) from amongst the four alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) given along with it.
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
Explanation (b):
2. Choose the correct mirror image of the Fig. (X) from amongst the four alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) given along with it.
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
Explanation (b):
The water image of an object is the vertically inverted (upside or downside) image of the object.
The position of the water layer is horizontally just below the object.
Let us illustrate an example of water image.
3. Choose the correct water image of the Fig. (X) from amongst the four alternatives (a), (b), (c) and (d) given along with it.
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
Explanation (b):
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