A person faces a mirror and raises their right hand. Which hand appears raised in the mirror image?

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A right
B left
C Both hands
D neither of the hands

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Answer: B. left

When a person faces a plane mirror and raises their right hand, the mirror image appears to raise its left hand. This is called lateral inversion — the apparent interchange of left and right in a plane mirror.

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A person faces a mirror and raises their right hand. Which hand appears raised in the mirror image?

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