In a plane mirror, reflected light rays appear to come from
A. in front of the mirror.
B. an angle above the mirror.
C. behind the mirror.
D. a distance behind the observer.

Question

In a plane mirror, reflected light rays appear to come from
  A. in front of the mirror. 	
  B. an angle above the mirror. 	
  C. behind the mirror. 	
  D. a distance behind the observer.

osprey · Answer

C behind the mirror. Move close to the mirror, and so does the image. Move away and so does the image. You can see the image because you have a LENS in your eye that focusses the image on your retina. BUT if you put a screen in front of the mirror, there'd be NO image. In this sense the image from a PLANE mirror is called VIRTUAL (ie unreal). http://perendis.webs.com