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Originally Posted by Roger Slater
I'll say four. If just two 90 degree walls had mirrors, there would be three. One on each wall, plus a half on each where they join. I'm not sure how the floor would figure in, though. Beyond my puny brain.
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Roger was on the right track. I see now that two mirrors at right angles produce three reflections. An explanation I found says a third perpendicular mirror reflects those three reflections and the actual iPhone (3 + 3 + 1 = 7), though my puny brain can’t visualize it either. I guess if we add in the original iPhone, we get 8. Is that the solution? Ok, but I don’t see what that has to do with the Russian, English and Esperanto translations (2 + 2 + 4 = 8) or with the girl holding a flower (1 = 1). And, like Walter, I think Allen’s philosophical answer distinguishing image from reality also makes perfect sense.