PSU Using Geometry for A Square Section of A Hand Held Plane Mirror Exercise

I’m working on a physics question and need an explanation to help me understand better.

For this activity, use either a hand-held plane mirror or mark off a square section of a larger plane mirror.

Have yourself and the mirror positioned so that you can see some object filling the mirror (either vertically or horizontally or both). You will need to measure:

• The size of the mirror (along the dimension the object is filling the mirror)

• The length of the object you are able to see in the mirror. (This is easy to do if you pick a meter stick as your object).

• The distance the mirror is from your eye

• The distance the mirror is from the object

Use geometry to relate these four lengths and show that they match what you would expect from the law of reflection. Attach a sketch of your situation (with distances) and clearly show your work. Be sure to comment on your results.