with no gap between them tho
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2007-01-16 12:20:52 · 6 answers · asked by honiez_of_uk 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Since the blue plate is your "normal" mirror, and the red has one open side, this is what is going on:
The blue mirror's reflective surface is facing the source of light.
The red mirror has the reflective side facing the blue mirror.
When light passes through the see-through side of the two-way mirror, it strikes the blue mirror and is then reflected at the mirrored side of the two-way mirror and bounces between the two mirrors. If you were looking through the two-way mirror as in the picture, you would not see a reflection.
2007-01-16 13:52:07 · answer #1 · answered by Daremo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as the blue mirror faces the red mirror then you have an internal repeating reflection because the mirror sufaces will keep bouncing the image between them (an image or ray can pass through the red mirror only from the left side, then it "bounces" off the surface of the red mirror same as the blue mirror)
2007-01-16 13:30:14 · answer #2 · answered by lynn y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you use A to represent a person to the left of the page and B to represent a person to the right side.
The first diagram is showing you that person A can see person B, and person be can only see their reflection.
The second figure shows that Person A can not see anything but the back of a mirror, and person B can only see his reflection again.
Diagram 3 is asking who can see what. (Answer is: In this case person B can see his reflection but person A can see nothing. as in diagram 2).
This also can be told using light passing from left to right or right to left. But as i am at work i will not bore you further
2007-01-17 02:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Corky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the blue mirror is facing right then I don't
see what difference it makes what you put behind it. it's one way. If it's facing left then if there were light in the gap there may be a sort of double image/semi holographic effect.
2007-01-16 12:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by mince42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hate not eing able to work things liek that out ..DAMN U lol
2007-01-16 12:25:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one way
2007-01-16 13:32:28 · answer #6 · answered by tugboat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋