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A source of light O is placed in front of a plane mirror PQ. Two rays OA and OC are incident. Can you find out the direction of the reflected rays? Draw normals to the surface of the mirror PQ, at the points A and C. Then draw the reflected rays at the points A and C. How would you draw these rays? Call the reflected rays AB and CD, respectively. Extend them further. Do they meet? Extend them backwards. Do they meet now? If they meet, mark this point as I. For a viewer’s eye at E, do the reflected rays
Image formation in a plane mirror
Plane mirror an image that can be viewed on a screen. Plane mirror thus creates and image.