Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed…

Concept

A mirror placed vertically produces lateral inversion: every point stays at the same height and the same distance from the mirror, while left and right interchange. Shapes, angles, and line junctions are preserved; a mirror does not add, remove, or reconnect lines.

Application

1. Track the shaded bands. The upper-left shaded band moves to the upper-right, and the middle-right shaded band moves to the middle-left.

2. Track the central apex and vertical segment. Both lie on the central axis of the figure, so their horizontal position remains central after reflection.

3. Track the lower branches and short horizontal side segments. They exchange left and right, but their heights and junctions remain unchanged, so no new crossing appears.

Contrast

• A figure with crossed lower diagonals changes the original line connectivity, which a mirror reflection cannot do.

• A figure with two shaded bands on the right adds a shaded region that is absent from the source figure.

• A figure that retains the upper-left and middle-right shading keeps the source figure’s lateral placement instead of reversing it.

Cross-check and result

Reflecting the figure with the middle-left and upper-right bands shaded and with uncrossed lower diagonals once more across a vertical line reproduces the source figure. Hence that figure is the required mirror image.