Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
The mirror is the line . Find the image of the point in it, and the distance between and its image. Give the distance to 3 decimal places.
The bisectors of two lines are . With , the plus sign goes through the angle that holds the origin, which is acute when . The image of in is with . A ray from to by way of a mirror strikes where the line from to the image of meets the mirror.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The number . .
Step 2. The image. .
Step 3. The distance. .
Step 4. Check. The middle point of and is . It lies on the mirror, since .
Answer: the image is , and it is about units from .
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