A point source of light $S$ , placed at a distance $L$ in front of the centre of a plane mirror of width d, hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance $2 L$ from it as show. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is

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$d$
$2 d$
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A point source of light

S

, placed at a distance

L

in front of the centre of a plane mirror of width d, hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance

2 L

from it as show. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is

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Question Text	A point source of light $S$ , placed at a distance $L$ in front of the centre of a plane mirror of width d, hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance $2 L$ from it as show. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is
Topic	Optics
Subject	Physics
Class	Class 11

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