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What is the nature of the mirror having a focal length of -20 cm?

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What is the nature of the mirror having a focal length of -20 cm?
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The mirror having -20 cm as its focal length is a concave mirror because the focal length is taken negatively only in case of a concave mirror.
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पाठ 6: Light - Spherical Mirrors [पृष्ठ २५८]

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फ्रँक Physics Part 1 [English] Class 9 ICSE
पाठ 6 Light
Spherical Mirrors | Q 22 | पृष्ठ २५८

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Match the items given in Column I with one or more items of Column II.

  Column I   Column II
(a) A plane mirror (i) Used as a magnifying glass.
(b) A convex mirror (ii) Can form image of objects spread over a large area.
(c) A convex lens (iii) Used by dentists to see enlarged image of teeth.
(d) A concave mirror (iv) The image is always inverted and magnified.
(e) A concave lens (v) The image is erect and of the same size as the object.
    (vi) The image is erect and smaller in size than the object.

A ray of light is incident normally on a plane mirror. What will be the 

 angle of reflection?


In each case (a) and (b), draw reflected rays for the given incident rays and mark focus by the symbol F.


Complete the following diagrams in Figure by drawing the reflected rays for the incident rays 1 and 2.


State the two convenient rays that are chosen to construct the image by a spherical mirror for a given object? Explain your answer with the help of suitable ray diagrams. 


Define the term principal focus in case of convex mirror. Draw a convex mirror and show its principal focus and focal length clearly.


What do you mean by the magnification produced by mirrors?

Define linear magnification. Does it have any units? Write down a formula for the magnification produced by a concave mirror in terms of image distance and object distance.

Define the term Centre of curvature.


Name the type of mirror used in the following situation:

Solar furnace

Support your answer with reason.


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