A person is standing in a room. The ceiling & 2 adjacent walls are mirrors(plane). How many images of the person is/are formed ?
2006-09-06 05:14:02 · 7 answers · asked by Samvit 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
There are total 3 mirrors
2006-09-06 05:41:47 · update #1
The mirrors are adjacent, not opposite to each other.
2006-09-10 02:42:04 · update #2
From the reference:
"360 divided by the angle between the mirrors gives the number of images, plus one."
In this case: 360/90=4, so there are THREE images for each pair of mirrors. There are three pairs of mirrors for a total of nine images.
Note that PARALLEL (as in a barber shop) mirrors produce an infinite number of images since the angle between the mirrors goes to zero. That is not the case here.
The reference has a nice diagram for a pair of mirrors. Too bad it didn't tackle the three-mirror case...
2006-09-06 21:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by Fred S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
9 images r formed!
2006-09-06 12:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by Pravin P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 images. One for each mirror, and one for the corner between them.
2006-09-06 12:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 7 images. All of the above answers are wrong.
2014-11-17 12:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by Taylor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you assume the wall to be perpendicular to the base then no. of images=360/angle=360/90=4
2006-09-06 12:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
INFINITE IMAGES BECAUSE WHEN THE IMAGE IS REFLECTED FROM ONE ADJACENT MIRROR THE OTHER MIRROR REFLECTS IT AGAIN
2006-09-06 12:28:35 · answer #6 · answered by NEERAJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its infinite the images go on an on an on an it never stops
2006-09-06 12:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by jade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋