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A person in front of a spherical mirror finds his image having a very small head, a fat body and legs of normal size. What are the shapes of three parts of the mirror?

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A person in front of a spherical mirror finds his image having a very small head, a fat body and legs of normal size. What are the shapes of three parts of the mirror?
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The top mirror is a convex mirror, the middle mirror is a concave mirror and the bottom mirror is a plane mirror.
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Chapter 6: Light - Spherical Mirrors [Page 258]

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Frank Physics [English] Class 9 ICSE
Chapter 6 Light
Spherical Mirrors | Q 20 | Page 258

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