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Object And Image Velocity In Plane Mirror MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

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If an object moves towards a plane mirror with a speed v at an angle θ to the perpendicular to the plane of the mirror, find the relative velocity between the object and the image   

                      

A plane mirror is placed at origin parallel to y-axis facing the positive x-axis. An object starts from (2,0 ,0) with a velocity (2i^+2j^) m/s. The relative velocity of the image with respect to object is along:

An object and a plane mirror are shown in the figure. The mirror is moved with velocity.


V as shown. The velocity of the image is :

A hemispherical paper-weight contains a small artificial flower of transverse size 2mm on its axis of symmetry at a distance of 4cm from its flat surface. What is the size of the flower as it appears to an observer when he looks at it along the axis of symmetry from the top? (The radius of the hemisphere is 10cm. Index of refraction of glass = 1.5).

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Relation between velocity of object and mirror in plane mirror

The relation between the velocity of the object and mirror in-plane mirror:

In case of plane mirror, distance of the object from the mirror is equal to distance of image from the mirror.

i.e Distance of Image formed in the mirror is same as the distance of the object formed the surface of the mirror.

Hence, from the mirror property:

xim=xon,yim=yom and zim=zom


Here xim means " x coordinate of image with respect to mirror.
Differentiating w.r.t time, we get,

v(im)x=v(om)x;v(im)y=v(om)y;v(im)z=v(orn)z


Here,
vi= velocity of the image with respect to the ground.
v0= velocity of the object with respect to the ground.
vom= velocity of the object with respect to the mirror.
vim= velocity of the object with respect to the mirror.
i.e vom =vovm and vim=vivm

For x -axis-

v(im)x=v(om)xvivm=(vovm)( for x-axis )

- I.e When the object moves with speed v towards (or away)

  • from the plane mirror then image

    also moves toward (or away) with speed v. But the relative speed of image w.r.t. the object is 2v.

    For y -axis and z -axis

    v(im)y=v(om)y;v(im)z=v(om)z

    | Relative velocity of image w.r.t. mirror | = | Relative velocity of object w.r.t. mirror |

    But v1vm=(vovm)
    or vi=vo
    for y-and z-axis.

    Here, vi= velocity of the image with respect to the ground.
    v0= velocity of the object with respect to the ground.

i.e Velocity of the object is equal to the velocity of the image when the object is moving to parallel to the mirror surface.  

 

 

          

 

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