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Homework Statement
You are preparing to go shopping for a plane mirror that will be hung on the wall of your dressing room. Your overall height is H = 2.4 m, and the vertical distance from the floor to the mid-line of your eyes is H1 = 2.23 m. You want the mirror to be tall enough to allow you to view your entire body from the tip of your head to the soles of your feet, while standing a horizontal distance D = 1.1 m from the mirror. Being frugal, you want to purchase the smallest possible mirror.
Homework Equations
There is only one such ray that obeys the law of reflection: angle of incidence equals angle of reflection: θi = θr
The Attempt at a Solution
I have absolutely no clue where to start!