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A man stands symmetrically between two large plane mirrors fixed to two adjacent walls of a rectangular room. The number of images formed as

A

4

B

3

C

2

D

6

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The correct Answer is:
B
Here, the walls will act as two plane mirrors, inclided to each other at `90^(@)` (i.e. `theta = 90^(@)`).
The number of images formed is `n = (360^(@))/(90^(@)) - 1 = 4 - 1 = 3`
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