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उत्तर
difference between real and virtual images.
| Real images | Virtual images |
| it can be obtained on a screen | It can't be obtained on a screen |
| it is inverted (upside down with respect to the object) | It is erect with respect to the object |
| It is formed when two or more reflected rays intersect each other at a point in front of the mirror | It is formed when two or more reflected rays appear to intersect at a point behind the mirror |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
We can obtain an enlarged and erect image by a convex mirror.
Find out the letters of English alphabet or any other language known to you in which the image formed in a plane mirror appears exactly like the letter itself. Discuss your findings.
A virtual image larger than the object can be produced by a ______.
What happens when a ray of light falls normally (or perpendiculary) on the surface of a plane mirror?
When a spherical mirror is held towards the sun and its sharp image is formed on a piece of a carbon paper for some time, a hole is burnt in the carbon paper.
At which point of the spherical mirror the carbon paper is placed?
A ray of light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium. How will it bend?
Define the terms focus and focal length of a concave mirror. Draw diagram to illustrate your answer.
Name the mirrors shown in Figure (a) and (b).

Define the following term in relation to concave mirror.
Principal axis
The following Figure shows a concave mirror MM' on which a ray of light incident from a point P gets reflected to meet the principle axis at O.
(a) Find, by construction, the position of the centre of curvature of the concave mirror.
(b) Write down the value for the radius of curvature of the mirror.
(c) Calculate the focal length of the mirror.
(d ) Which relation is used in deducing the focal length from the radius of curvature?
