One feature of image formed by plane mirrors is lateral inversion which means:
the top part of the image appears downward and vice versa
left and right sides of the image are interchanged
image appears inverted both sideways and upside down
all the above
A
image appears inverted both sideways and upside down
B
left and right sides of the image are interchanged
C
all the above
D
the top part of the image appears downward and vice versa
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