In a magical forest, there's a unique type of tree called a Mirrortree, which reflects anything in front of it like a perfect mirror. Meiling and Kwame are playing hide and seek. Meiling is "it" and is counting at the base of the Mirrortree with her eyes closed, while Kwame is seeking a hiding spot. If Kwame hides directly behind the Mirrortree opposite to where Meiling is counting, what will Meiling see when she opens her eyes and looks at the Mirrortree while searching for Kwame?
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Since the Mirrortree reflects like a perfect mirror, it would show everything in front of it from Meiling's perspective. As Meiling opens her eyes and looks at the Mirrortree, she would expect to see a reflection of the forest in front of her. However, since Kwame is hiding directly behind the tree, out of the sightline from Meiling to the reflective surface, he would not be visible in the reflection. Meiling would see the forest reflected without Kwame in it. Through spatial reasoning, we understand that only objects in the line of sight to the reflecting surface can be reflected. Since Kwame is positioned exactly behind the tree, the magical reflective property of the Mirrortree does not change the fact that he is obscured from Meiling's line of sight, rendering him invisible in the reflection. Thus, as Meiling looks at the Mirrortree, she will not see Kwame; she will only see the forest and will need to seek him out elsewhere.