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Choose the Correct Alternative and Rewrite the Following:Mirror Used by a Dental Surgeon is ......................... - Science and Technology 1

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Question

Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the following:

Mirror used by a dental surgeon is ..........................

Options

  • plane

  • convex

  • concave

  • convex and concave

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Solution

concave

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2014-2015 (July)

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