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Please explain in detail . A person moves with a velocity v towards a plane mirror. with what velocity doe his image move towards him?

Please explain in detail . A person moves with a velocity v towards a plane mirror. with what velocity doe his image move towards him?

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Saurabh Kumar
askIITians Faculty 2400 Points
8 years ago
Image would appear to move with double of the speed of his speed..
Pradeepa
20 Points
8 years ago
Sir could you please give a derivation for this answer?
Ankit Sharma
77 Points
8 years ago
 
use relative velocity !!!!
u r going towards the mirror with v and image is coming with v (immitating u )
so total V(ur velosity ) + V(image velocity )= 2V
 
and so 2V is the answer !!
 
approve if useful !!
 
 

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