Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.

The correct mirror image of the given figure is:

Step-by-step Explanation:

When a vertical mirror is placed at the line MN on the right side of the figure, the following principles of mirror reflection apply:

1. Left-Right Reversal (Lateral Inversion): The order of elements reverses horizontally. The rightmost character in the original image becomes the leftmost character in the mirror image, and vice versa.

2. Individual Character Reflection: Each character is laterally inverted (flipped horizontally).

Let's analyze the given string "R p 3 7 a w" from right to left as it faces the mirror MN:

- The rightmost character is 'w'. Being nearest to the mirror, its laterally inverted image appears first on the left side of the reflection.

- Next is 'a', which reflects to form its horizontally flipped version.

- Next is '7', which flips horizontally so its horizontal bar points towards the left instead of the right.

- Next is '3', which flips horizontally so its open side faces right instead of left (appearing like a reversed 3, 'Ɛ').

- Next is 'p', which horizontally flips to appear like 'q'.

- Finally, the leftmost character 'R' appears at the far right end, flipped horizontally.

Combining these horizontally flipped characters in order from left to right yields the exact mirror image shown in the correct option.