A person walks into a room that has two flat mirrors on opposite walls. The mirr

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A person walks into a room that has two flat mirrors on opposite walls. The mirrors produce multiple images of the person. Consider only the images formed in the mirror on the left. When the person is 4.50 m from the mirror on the left wall and 5.20 m from the mirror on the right wall, find the distance from the person to the first three images seen in the mirror on the left wall.

first image 9 Correct: Your answer is correct. m

second image m

third image m

first image is correct, just need the second and third image

Explanation / Answer

Adding up the length of the light path from the light source to the observer's eye:
First image: 4.50 + 4.50 = 9 m
Second image: 4.50 + 9.70 + 5.20 = 19.4m
Third image: 4.50 + 9.70 + 9.70 + 4.50 = 28.4 m

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