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The shiny outer surface of a hollow sphere of aluminium of radius 50 cm is to be used as a mirror: (a) What will be the focal length of this mirror? (b) Which type of spherical mirror will it provide?

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प्रश्न

The shiny outer surface of a hollow sphere of aluminium of radius 50 cm is to be used as a mirror:

  1. What will be the focal length of this mirror?
  2. Which type of spherical mirror will it provide?
  3. State whether this spherical mirror will diverge or converge light rays.
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उत्तर

a. Given: Radius (r) = 50 cm

f = `r/2`

f = `50/2`

f = 25 cm

b. The convex mirror is the spherical mirror provided by it.

c. It will diverge light rays.

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अध्याय 1 Reflection of Light
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