# Flat mirrors do not reverse left and right **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 25, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-mirrors-do-not-reverse-left-and-right/638884 "2012-10-25T23:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tavaritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@tavaritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavaritz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-mirrors-do-not-reverse-left-and-right/638884/21 "2012-11-09T23:12:54Z")
Mirror does not reverse left and right. If you look into mirror and raise the hand on your right side you can see that in the image in the mirror hand on the right side is raised. Or are you saying that the hand raised in the image lies on the left side? ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-mirrors-do-not-reverse-left-and-right/638884/22 "2012-11-10T22:41:38Z")
It is the left hand of the imaged person in the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Powers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-mirrors-do-not-reverse-left-and-right/638884/23 "2012-11-12T16:47:04Z")
> [@tavaritz](#): > > Mirror does not reverse left and right. If you look into mirror and raise the hand on your right side you can see that in the image in the mirror hand on the right side is raised. Or are you saying that the hand raised in the image lies on the left side? Didn’t I just answer this exact same point a few posts up? Powers &8^] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-mirrors-do-not-reverse-left-and-right/638884.md?page=1)