Question

Magnification produced by a rear view mirror fitted in vehicles

Options

• is less than one

• is more than one

• is equal to one

• can be more than or less than one depending upon the position of the object in front of it

Answer 1

is less than one

Explanation -

The mirror fitted in vehicles are convex mirror. The images formed by the convex mirror are virtual, erect and diminished or point size. It shows that the height of image will be always smaller than the height of object. The relation between the height of image and the magnification is, `"m" = "h"_"i"/"h"_"o"`