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A person wants to see AB part of his image. His eye level is at 1.8m above the ground. If he uses minimum size of mirror required for this, find the height of the lowest point of mirror above the ground.

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`1.4m`
Figure , shows the image of the person and images `A^(')` and `B^(')` of points A and B, respectively. Form the figure,
`h=(1+1.8)/(2)=1.4m`
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