The magnification produced by a mirror is +1. What does it mean?

  1. Magnification = height of the image / height of the object = distance of the image / distance of the object

  2. The magnification produced by a plane mirror is +1 means then the size of the image is equal to the size of the object.

    • sign indicates that the image is erect.
      .-. Magnification ’ + 1’ indicates the image is erect and size of the image is equal to size of the object.