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PWolff
10 months ago

If Tom Mia can see in the mirror or vice versa (it is either both the case or none of both), Tom can see the mirror image of Mia when you touch the mirror as a window, and also the mirror image of Tom Mia can see.

The mirror image of at least one of the points at the level of the mirror is thus constructed for the beam path. We have a projection on the floor level, so you can mirror the straight line (in the plane of the drawing) which is defined by the mirror. This is almost the line that represents the wall at the lower edge of the picture. (It is probably thought that you take this wall as a mirror straight – if you want to take it quite accurately, you can also take the straight through the mirror that is a few millimeters higher.)

Design the mirror image M’ of M (the place where Mia is right).

Connect T (the place where Tom is straight) with M′. From T to S (mirror) the line is usually drawn through, from S to M′ usually dashed.

When the connecting line goes through the mirror, Tom Mia can see.

From S to M you can get in one of 2 ways:

  • you connect T’ (the mirror image of T) with M
  • you connect the point where the distance (T -> M’) S intersects, with M

Examples of such sketches can be found, for example https://www.google.com/search?q=construction+spiegelbild&tbm=isch

toni2562
10 months ago

I have to correct it again

toni2562
10 months ago
Reply to  toni2562

Okay, so with a mirror, the angle of incidence of the light is= Angle of light, so you take a geographic triangle and see at which point of the mirror the line to Tom would have the same angle to the mirror plane as seen from the same point the line to Mia. The 2 line determined in this way are the sought light beam.

Since Mia and Tom are accepted as points, there is also no wide viewing area, but only this one (sight) beam reflected by the mirror.