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Concave Mirror Setup and Characteristics

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Concave Mirror Setup and Characteristics

Question

The figure below shows a set up used to determine the focal length of a concave mirror by method of no parallax.
Physics Form 4
(i) Determine the focal length of the mirror
(ii) Explain why convex mirrors are preferred as driving mirrors to plane mirrors.
(iii) State two characteristics of images formed in a convex mirror.

Answer

i) ƒ = 10cm
ii) it gives a wider view than plane mirror.
iii) - Diminished
    - Upright /erect