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प्रश्न
State two uses of a plane mirror.
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उत्तर
Two uses of plane mirror:
- In barber's shop for seeing the hairs at the back of head, two mirrors facing each other are fixed on opposite walls at the front and back of the viewer.
- In solar heating devices such as a solar cooker, solar water heater, etc., a plane mirror is used to reflect the incident light rays from sun on the substance to be heated.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The diagram in fig. shows an incident ray AO and the normal ON on a plane mirror. Draw the reflected ray. State the law you use to draw the direction of the reflected ray.
The image formed by a plane mirror is :
Two plane mirrors are placed making an angle θ° in between them. For an object placed in between the mirrors, if angle is gradually increased from 0° to 180°, how will the number of images change : increase, decrease or remain unchanged?
Prove geometrically that when plane mirror turns through a certain angle, the reflected ray turns through twice the angle.
An insect is sitting in front of a plane mirror at a distance of one meter from it.
- Where is the image of insect formed?
- What is the distance between insect and its image?
- State any two characteristics of image formed in a plane mirror.
Parallel rays are incident:
- on regular surface and
- on irregular surface. In what respect do reflected rays in (1) differ from those of (2)?
Select the correct option:
A ray of light is incident on a concave mirror. If it is parallel to principal axis, the reflected ray will:
