A plane mirror is approaching a person at a speed of 5cms−1. At what speed will his image approach him?
Let us consider that the object distance from the mirror is u=a
As in the case of a plane mirror, the image distance is equal to the object distance is same, hence
v=a
Therefore the distance between the object and image will be d=2a
As the mirror is approaching at the speed of so=dot=5cm/s, hence
The speed of the image will be twice si=dit=2×5cm/s=10cm/s.
Hence the image is approaching at a speed of 10cms−1 .