1. Look at yourself in a plane mirror. a. Why does your image appear to be behind the mirror? b.Why does it appear to be reversed from left to right but not from top to bottom?
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(II) Stand up two plane mirrors so they form a $90.0^{\circ}$ angle as in Fig. $47 .$ When you look into this double mirror, you see yourself as others see you, instead of reversed as in a single mirror. Make a ray diagram to show how this occurs.
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