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Question
Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image of an object placed between the focus and centre of curvature of a concave mirror. State the position, size and nature of the image.
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Solution
OBJECT PLACED BETWEEN C and F :
A real, inverted and magnified image is formed beyond the centre of curvature
The image formed A’B’ is beyond C ← position
Enlarged ← size
inverted and real ← nature
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