Images created by a plane mirror

The image we see ourselves is:

• The same size as we are. If you are 2m tall, your image in the plane mirror will also be 2m tall. The same distance behind the mirror as we are in front of it. If you stand 1m in front of a plane mirror, your image will be 1m behind it. But... the image we see back to front. Our right hand side appears on the left hand side of the image. We say that the image is laterally inverted.