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You are standing in the middle of a cube-shaped room. Two of the walls that are adjacent to each other are completely covered with mirrors (one large mirror is covering each wall). You raise your right hand.
How many images of yourself will you see in the two mirrors, and which hand will each of the images appear to be raising?
You can turn your head as needed to view the full range of each mirror.
How many images of yourself will you see in the two mirrors, and which hand will each of the images appear to be raising?
You can turn your head as needed to view the full range of each mirror.
Answer
In the mirrors you will be able to see four images of yourself:- Looking directly into each mirror you will of course see your normally inverted mirror image. The person in each mirror will appear to be raising his left hand.
- Looking toward the corner between the two mirrors, you will see two more images of yourself, but these will be double-inverted because in each mirror you will see the reflection from the OTHER mirror. Because of this, the person in the mirrors will appear to be raising his right hand, just like you are.
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