Mirrors don't actually flip left and right, they just make you look like you're flipped! Imagine standing in front of a mirror and raising your right hand. It looks like the mirror is showing a person with their left hand raised, but that's only because you see the reflection from your own perspective. Mirrors reflect things as they are, straight back at you, it’s just that when you look at it, it feels like it flipped sideways.
Examples
- Raising your right hand in front of a mirror makes it look like you're raising your left hand.
- Looking into a mirror while wearing a shirt with a pattern on one side makes the pattern appear reversed.
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See also
- Why Do Mirrors Make You Look Backward?
- Why Do Mirrors Make Us Look Backwards?
- Why Do Mirrors Reflect But Not Absorb?
- Why Do Mirrors Flip Left and Right?
- How Mirrors Reflect Objects Even When There's Space Between Them