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How is an image formed by a plane mirror?

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The image formed by a plane mirror is always virtual (meaning that the light rays do not actually come from the image), upright, and of the same shape and size as the object it is reflecting.
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Light bounces off of the mirror and then appears to come from behind the mirror.

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