A convex mirror (top) acts just like a concave lens - only virtual images are formed. Think of convenience store mirrors.
A concave mirror (bottom) acts just like a convex lens. Think of makeup/shaving mirrors.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Mirrors
Recall that light reflects from mirrors, according to the law of reflection. However, it the mirrors is curved, light still obeys this rule - it just looks a bit different. You have to visualize the curved mirror as a series of little flat mirrors.
A convex mirror (top) acts just like a concave lens - only virtual images are formed. Think of convenience store mirrors.
A concave mirror (bottom) acts just like a convex lens. Think of makeup/shaving mirrors.
A convex mirror (top) acts just like a concave lens - only virtual images are formed. Think of convenience store mirrors.
A concave mirror (bottom) acts just like a convex lens. Think of makeup/shaving mirrors.
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