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Two plane mirrors are placed making an angle 60° in between them. For an object placed in between the mirrors, the number of images formed will be .

  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 5
  4. infinite.

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Answer

5

Reason —

n=360°θ°=360°60°=6n = \dfrac{360 °}{θ°} \\[0.5em] = \dfrac{360°}{60°} = 6

If n=360°θ°n = \dfrac{360\degree}{θ\degree} is even, the number of images is always n - 1 for all positions of object in between the mirrors.

Hence, number of images formed

= n - 1
= 6 - 1
= 5

Hence, the number of images formed will be 5

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