mirror question

[kujawski]

when you look in a mirror your image is flipped horizontaly, ie left>right right > left.
so why isnt it also flipped vertically top>bottom bottom>top

[JudgeJ]

This has been asked many times and I think I have answered it at least twice, but cannot quickly find the answers.

The image is not "flipped horizontally" at all. Try standing facing another person (which is effectively what you do when you look in a mirror). Your right hand is opposite their left because you face in opposite directions. Your head is not opposite their feet because you are both standing the same way up.

It�s the same when you look in a mirror.

[Loosehead]

As the judge says, the mirror merely reflects it does not flip. put a mirror high enough and stand under ta daa to to bottom.

[mibn2cweus]

two mirrors at right angle

mirror lake

[bernardo]

It flips front-back, not left-right.