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प्रश्न
Draw a ray diagram to show that a convex mirror has a wider field of view.
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उत्तर
In the case of a convex mirror, all rays incident parallel to the principal axis appears to diverge from a Focal point. So it has a wider field of view as it converges all rays to a single point.

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