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|    RichD to All    |
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|    11 Sep 13 21:00:43    |
      From: r_delaney2001@yahoo.com              At my gym, in the locker room, the handwash basins       are located along 2 facing walls. These are about       8 feet long, and 6 feet apart, a standard setup.              A mirror is mounted on each wall, along the whole       length. These are very well aligned, such that       facing one, I cannot see my back, or anything       behind me, in the mirror I face. But looking to       either side, I can see an array of reflections; I       count 7, then it gets fuzzy.              My question is basic: how can I see those       reflections? The point is, if the light is reflecting       back and forth, straight, how does it reach my       eyes? I don't get the trigonometry here.              Ennyway, I'm a science geek, and this type       'today's science question' occurs to me often -              --       Rich              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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