Mirror question

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Please help me out with this confusing question!

Why are images in a mirror flipped horizontally and not vertically? For example, although I wear my wristwatch on my left wrist, and my reflection wears his on his right wrist, my reflection is not standing on his head.

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This question may be presented in terms of a philosophical-mathematical term. That is
how do mirrors opt to flip image of an object along the x-axis direction but not the y direction?.
This wii be illustrated using an example, “If I raise my right-hand, the mirrored image appears to
have raised ...


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