L2-07: PERVERTED IMAGE - LIGHT

ID Code: L2-07
Purpose: To demonstrate that a plane mirror does not produce a left-to-right inversion.
Description: A transparency with the word LIGHT in box letters is held in front of a plane mirror. Q: How will the image appear in the in the mirror: (a) inverted up-down, (b) inverted left-right, (c) inverted front-back, or (d) not inverted at all.
Availability: Available

See the Physics Question of the Week for 2/10/2014 for an example of how this demonstration can be used in class interaction and discussion: lecdem.physics.umd.edu/question-of-the-week-archive.html