Question

The radius of curvature of a spherical convex mirror is 25 cm. Describe the image formed when a 18-cm-tall object is positioned at various distances. For each case, provide the image distance, the image height, the type of image (real or virtual), and the orientation of the image (upright or inverted).

(a) 20 cm from the mirror

dI =	cm
hI =	cm

Type of image:

realvirtual    

Orientation of the image:

uprightinverted    

(b) 42 cm from the mirror

dI =	cm
hI =	cm

Type of image:

realvirtual    

Orientation of the image:

uprightinverted    

(c) 100 cm from the mirror

dI =	cm
hI =	cm

Type of image:

realvirtual    

Orientation of the image:

uprightinverted   

Answer 1