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A point source of light S, placed at a distance 60 cm infront of the centre of a plane mirror of width 50 cm, hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks infront of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 1.2 m from it (see in the figure). The distance between the extreme points where he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is__cm

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The correct answer is: 150

tanθ=2560=x180

x=75 cm

so distance between extreme point =2x=2×75=150 cm

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