A small luminous point O is placed in front of a vertical plane mirror.

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Problem

A small luminous point O is placed in front of a vertical plane mirror. (i) Draw a neat labelled ray diagram to show the formation of the image of point O in the plane mirror. (ii) Prove that the perpendicular distance of the image from the mirror is equal to the perpendicular distance of the object from the mirror. (iii) If O is kept 50 cm50\,\text{cm} in front of the mirror, calculate the distance between the object and its image.

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