2006-09-06 08:19:14 · 6 answers · asked by gdmagic 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Because the light coming from you hits the mirror and goes straight back to you. The light coming from the top of your head stays on the top, bottom stays on the bottom, and the left and right stay on their sides. Normally people would be looking at you from where the mirror is, but you are where you are to left and right and mixed up.
2006-09-06 08:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A mirror does not show anything in reverse. If you look straight into a mirror, it shows your left side to the left and your right side to the right. There is no way to call that "reversed."
You are probably thinking about the popular expression "mirror image," which refers to the effect one sees if one places the edge of a mirror against an image or object at an angle near 90 degrees. If one then looks at the object and the image in the mirror side by side, one will see a reversed impression of the object as reflected in the mirror.
But again, nothing is really reversed. If you consider the edge of the mirror to be the center line of symmetry, then points in the mirror image that are closer to the line of symmetry are reflections of points on the object that are close to the line, and vice versa.
It's all done with mirrors.
2006-09-06 15:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only a plane mirror does this
concave and convex mirrors give different images
2006-09-06 15:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by Ellen N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a mirror does a lateral inversion not a vertical inversion.
this can be better explained by ray diagram. try to see a ray diagram for lateral inversion in plane mirrors.
2006-09-06 15:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by flori 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question!
2006-09-06 15:21:57 · answer #5 · answered by treasures320 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because your eyes are side-by-side, not stacked vertically - I hope.
2006-09-06 15:22:43 · answer #6 · answered by The Truth Hurts! Ouch! 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋