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Post-UTME Physics 2008 Objective — Question 6

Question 6 of 10 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Physics 2008 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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A boy looks at the image of an object in a plane mirror. He observes two images, a main bright one and the other faint. The observed images result from

  • A. reflection onlyCorrect
  • B. refraction only
  • C. diffraction and interference
  • D. reflection and refraction

Explanation

Per the source key, this is attributed to reflection only (from the front and back mirror surfaces); some textbooks instead attribute the faint secondary image to combined reflection and refraction at the glass surface, so this is worth double-checking against your syllabus.

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