An object P is kept in front of two plane mirrors as shown in the figure. The number of images formed is k. Find out the value of k.
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5
The above diagram represents the angular positions of possible images that can be formed in the given case. Since, images further than 180° will not be visible, we obtain the maximum number of visible images as 5.
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