What happens when left and right sides are flipped?

When you flip the left and right sides, it’s like switching places with your best friend during a game, everything moves to the other side!

Imagine you're playing hide and seek in a big room. You hide behind the left wall, and your friend hides behind the right wall. Now, if we flip the left and right sides, it's like turning the room around, you’re now behind the right wall, and your friend is behind the left wall! It’s still the same game, but everyone has switched places.

Like a Mirror

Think of a mirror, when you look in it, your left side becomes your right side. If you raise your left hand, it looks like your right hand is moving in the mirror. That's flipping sides too!

Flipping a Picture

If you draw a smiley face on paper and then flip it so that the left side becomes the right side, it’s like looking at the same picture through a window from the other side, everything is still there, but it looks different!

Flipping can be fun, just like switching places with your friend or seeing yourself in a mirror. It's all about moving things to the other side!

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Examples

  1. A person's left and right hands switch places in a mirror.
  2. Flipping a book makes the text appear backwards.
  3. A cat sees its reflection with left and right swapped.

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