Why Do Mirrors Make Us Look Backward?

Mirrors make us look backward because they flip the image left to right. Imagine you're facing a friend, and instead of looking at each other directly, you're both looking at a wall, your reflection would be like seeing yourself through a window in reverse. It’s as if someone took a photo of you from the side and then showed it to you face-on.

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Examples

  1. If you smile at a mirror, your reflection smiles back, but with the left side of your mouth on the right and vice versa.
  2. Your reflection makes it look like you're wearing your shirt backward when you're actually just facing forward.
  3. When you wave to your mirror image, it looks like it's waving in a strange way.

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