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Question
When a spherical mirror is held towards the sun and its sharp image is formed on a piece of a carbon paper for some time, a hole is burnt in the carbon paper.
What name is given to the distance between spherical mirror and carbon paper?
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Solution
The distance between the mirror and the carbon paper is the focal length.
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