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What is the Minimum Number of Rays Required for Locating the Image Formed by a Concave Mirror for an Object? Draw a Ray Diagram to Show the Formation of a Virtual Image by a Concave Mirror. - Science

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What is the minimum number of rays required for locating the image formed by a concave mirror for an object? Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of a virtual image by a concave mirror.

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Solution

A minimum of two rays are required for locating the image of an object formed by a concave mirror.
When an object is placed between the focal point and the pole of a concave mirror, a virtual image is formed(as shown in the figure). 

 

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Chapter 4: Reflection of Light - Exercise 3 [Page 189]

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Lakhmir Singh Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
Chapter 4 Reflection of Light
Exercise 3 | Q 13 | Page 189
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