Were the incident rays parallel, converging, or diverging prior to striking the mirror?

Question

Light is observed to converge to a point after being reflected from a plane mirror. Were the incident rays parallel, converging, or diverging prior to striking the mirror?

How would you figure this out with a diagram?

Answer 1

If the rays were parallel, the reflected rays would also be parallel, and not convergent.

If the rays were diverging, the reflected rays would also diverge, and not converge.

If the rays were originally converging , the reflected rays would also be diverging.

Please note that this is for the specific case of a plane mirror.

Hence,

Answer:

1. The incident rays were converging prior to striking the mirror

I unfortunately cannot add a picture, but if you google 'plane mirror converging rays', you will see multiple appropriate figures.