Lateral Inversion
The phenomenon due to which left-hand side of an object appears as right-hand side of the object and vice versa is called .
An example of lateral inversion :
Now, the question is how many capital alphabets, in English, remain same as the original alphabet although laterally inverted ?
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1 solution
When the object is placed in front of a plane mirror it forms laterally inverted image due to reflection. The letters like A , H , I , M , O , T , U , V , W , X , Y are symmetrical so there is no laterally inverted image for these 11 alphabets .
The reason behind these letters not appearing to be laterally inverted is because of their s y m m e t r y .