Question

An extraterrestrial creature is standing in front of plane mirror. The height of this creature is H and we know that this creature has eyes positioned h below the top of its head. This creature sees its reflection which fit exactly the mirror, it means, this creature can just see the top of head and the bottom of its feet (or whatever it uses for motion). We can conclude that the top of a mirror is exactly:________
a. H/2 above the ground
b. H above the ground
c. (H-h/2) above the ground
d. (H-h) above the ground
e. We can not guess anything without information about the nature of this creature.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. (H-h/2) above the ground

Explanation:

The mirror must be at least half as tall as the alien, and its base must be located at half of the distance between the alien's eyes and the ground (assuming that the alien doesn't float or levitate).

This question is about the Law of Reflection which states that the angle of reflection = angle of incidence.

I attached an image that can help you understand the concept, although the alien is not included.