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Why does a mirror seen to invert images left to right but not top to bottom?
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Are left and right fingerprints mirror images of each other?
No, they are not.
Where is symmetry used in real life?
The body has symmetry. The right and left sides are (near) mirror images.
How do you do an invert in cyclomaniacs 2?
left right
What is it called when the right side and left side of an animal are mirror images of each other?
Symmetrical? Bilateral symmetry. (bi-lateral meaning two-sided)
What type of symmetry does a 5 sides star have?
A star has bilateral symmetry, meaning that if you draw a line right down the middle of it, the two halves are mirror images of each other.
Why is images in flat mirrors inverted give five reasons?
Actually, the image is NOT inverted. Take a look at the mirror: top is top, bottom is bottom, left is left, and right is right! The reason you see it inverted is more psychological; when you turn around towards the mirror, you turn around your horizontal axis - YOU invert right and left. The same happens when anybody turns towards you. If you look at somebody from behind, that perso's left part is at your left, and its right part is at your right. If the person turns around, towards you, it is THE PERSON that inverts left and right! Note that there is ONE thing that the mirror does invert, and that is back and front.
Do all mirrors show lateral inversion?
If you mean that mirrors supposedly exchange right and left - well, they don't. A mirror will show the top at the top, the bottom at the bottom, the right at the right, and the left at the left. The only thing they do invert is front and back: the reflection of a thing that is closer to the mirror is (or seems to be) closer to us.
Are left and right fingerprints mirror images of each other?
No, they are not.
Is the image formed by a plane mirror exactly the same comment on your answer?
Mirror images show a left-right reversal.
Why are mirror images perfect?
No ! The images formed by a mirror are not perfect !!The finest images are those formed by a right angled PRISM . However the rays from the object need to fall perpendicularly on prism's surface . Thus for convenience mirrors are used .
Why does a mirror image apper backward0?
It doesn't really. Top is top, bottom is bottom, left is left, and right is right! However, if we turn towards the mirror, we tend to turn around our horizontal axis, exchanging left and right. This may give the impression that the mirror turns left and right around.
Which side is your left hand on when you're looking in the mirror?
It is still on your left as you see it. But on your mirror image, if it were a real person, it would be his right hand. Mirrors reverse left and right, because they are angular directions. Lenses, on the other hand, both reverse and invert.
Images formed by a plane mirror?
A plane mirror forms 1 virtual image and no real image. The virtual image is behind the mirror, at the same distance as the object in front of the mirror, erect, in mirror image left-right.
Why mirror image is called upright image?
You do not see the top of the object and the bottom of the object being turned over. When you stand in front of it, your head remains at the top and your legs remain below. All it does it invert the object laterally. When you raise your right hand, the image raises the left hand.
Does a Bilateral symmetry has two equal right and left sides?
Yes left and right sides are 'mirror images' of each other.
What type of images form a concave mirror?
It forms a virtual, right side up, magnified image.
Where is symmetry used in real life?
The body has symmetry. The right and left sides are (near) mirror images.
