Question

Answer the test questions. 1. which of the properties below is not correct for the image in a plane mirror? A. virtual. B. the same size as the object. C. can be projected onto a screen. D. inverted.

Answer 1

`C:` can be projected onto a screen

Explanation:

when light rays from an object are reflected, the light rays that reach the eye appear to have come from behind the mirror. however, they have come from the same side as the eye. since the light rays do not come from the position of the image, the image is known as virtual.

only real, and not virtual, images can be projected onto a screen. images in a plane mirror are virtual and therefore cannot be projected.
virtual images cannot be touched or projected.

images formed from a plane mirror are laterally inverted - left and right seem to be reversed, but not up and down.
you can imagine an image from an upright plane mirror as being rotated `180^@` around a vertical axis. this would mean that the image would stay upright, while only left and right are inverted.