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Grade 12General Physics

Please explain in detail . A person moves with a velocity v towards a plane mirror. with what velocity doe his image move towards him? I know the answer is 2v but can somebody tell me how to reach this answer?

Profile image of Pradeepa
11 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Ankit Sharma
11 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 !!