If you place a cigarrette box, matchbox whatever on the surface of a mirror, a square one is preferable, so that it runs along the one side it will reflect what is visible in the mirror. If your packet is along the edge you will see three sides reflected.
If you lift one end of the box/packet up so that it is at 45 degrees to the mirror you will see as you lift it the bottom becomes reflected as well.
So to recap, you now have a mirror on the table, a box resting along its one side and elevated to 45 degrees.
The end of the box has now dissapeared from view in the reflection because at 45 degrees the edge of the box is stopping the reflection.
Holding the box steady move the mirror round, you will find that by looking at the mirror from a low angle the end will come into view again.
Reflections cannot bend unless 2 mirrors are used, so how come you can see this end while it is being blocked by the elevated edge of the box ?
2007-06-17
13:09:38
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