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3.2.1a Reflection of light

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A point light source SSS is placed in front of a horizontal plane mirror. (i) Describe the position of the virtual image S′S'S′ relative to the object SSS and the mirror. (ii) Explain how a ray of light from the object reaches the observer's eye, and from where it appears to originate.

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A student writes the following words in uppercase block letters on a sheet of paper: CHOICE\text{CHOICE}CHOICE, HIKE\text{HIKE}HIKE, CODE\text{CODE}CODE, and SHOE\text{SHOE}SHOE. She then places a mirror vertically on the paper along a horizontal line directly below the words (reflecting them across a horizontal axis). Which of the four words in the reflection looks different from the word written on the paper?

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