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Question
Name the kind of mirror used to obtain
(a) a real and enlarged image
(b) a virtual and enlarged image
(c) a real and diminished image, and
(d) a virtual and diminished image.
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Solution
a) Concave
b) Concave
c) Concave
d) Convex
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