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Question
For an incident ray directed towards centre of curvature of a spherical mirror the reflected ray:
Options
Retraces its path
Passes through the focus
Passes through the pole
Becomes parallel to the principal axis.
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Solution
For an incident ray directed towards centre of curvature of a spherical mirror the reflected ray : Retraces its path
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