Mirror question

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Science

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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.

Please explain in your own words, 200 words minimum.

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The properties of an image formed by a mirror include: same size and distance as object, laterally
inverted and virtual.
A mirror reverses along an axis perpendicular to its surface, so it reve...


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