CAIE IGCSE Physics Plane-mirror Image Formation
Practise locating and describing a plane-mirror image as virtual, upright, same size and equally distant behind the mirror, including lateral inversion.
- Syllabus
- 2026–2028
- Course
- Physics 0625
Exam points
- place the image the same perpendicular distance behind the mirror as the object is in front
- state that the image is virtual, upright and the same size as the object
- apply lateral inversion to letters and explain that the image cannot be projected on a screen
3.2.1.2—Formation of an optical image by a question 1
[Maximum number: 2]
State two properties of the image formed by the mirror.
1.
2.
any two from:
virtual
upright
same size as object
laterally inverted
B2
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