
College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 23, Problem 2P
Place a pencil in front of a plane mirror so that it is not parallel to the mirror. Draw an image that the mirror forms of the pencil and show using rays how the image is formed.
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