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Through the Looking Glass (Posted on 2004-01-29)

When one looks into a mirror, one see an image of himself....

When raising one's right hand, the image raises its left. When raising one's left, the image raises its right.

So, why is it that the mirror reverses left and right, but not top and bottom? Why does a mirror appear to invert the left-right directions, but not up-down?

See The Solution Submitted by SilverKnight

Rating: 3.6667 (6 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
SOL	nilshady	2005-04-21 17:14:39
solution	vije	2004-07-05 10:54:03
re: This is science right ?	notlogical	2004-06-22 23:30:24
the mirror problem	notlogical	2004-06-22 23:28:04
concave?	logischer Verstand	2004-04-19 18:02:28
Looking glass	Wally	2004-03-16 20:00:29
i think....	chuck	2004-02-07 12:30:06
One way to think about it	Tristan	2004-02-03 22:32:15
Answer	Federico Kereki	2004-01-30 07:14:38
Alice didn't worry about it	Dan Blume	2004-01-29 18:38:23
This is science right ?	Jane Doe	2004-01-29 18:06:27
solution	Charlie	2004-01-29 16:00:52
answer (somewhat spoiler)	DJ	2004-01-29 15:40:43

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