College Physics 10th Edition by Raymond Serway,Chris Vuille

Exercise 34

Two plane mirrors stand facing each other, 3.00 m apart, and a woman stands between them. The woman faces one of the mirrors from a distance of 1.00 m and holds her left arm out to the side of her body with the palm of her left hand facing the closer mirror. (a) What is the apparent position of the closest image of her left hand, measured perpendicularly from the surface of the mirror in front of her (b) Does it show the palm of her hand or the back of her hand (c) What is the position of the next image (d) Does it show the palm of her hand or the back of her hand (e) What is the position of the third closest image (f) Does it show the palm of her hand or the back of her hand (g) Which of the images are real and which are virtual