When we look into a plane mirror, is the image of our face real or virtual?

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When we look into a plane mirror, the image of our face is virtual because the image cannot be obtained on a screen.

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Chapter 6 Light
Spherical Mirrors | Q 23 | Page 258

A ray of light is incident normally on a plane mirror. What will be the

angle of reflection?

What type of image is formed:

on a cinema screen?

The letter F is placed in front of a plane mirror:

What is the name of the phenomenon involved?

The shiny outer surface of a hollow sphere of aluminium of radius 50 cm is to be used as a mirror:

Which type of spherical mirror will it provide?

Mention the types of mirrors used as (i) rear view mirrors, (ii) shaving mirrors. List two reasons to justify your answers in each case.

An object of length 4 cm is placed in front of a concave mirror at distance 30 cm. The focal length of mirror is 15 cm.

A point light source is kept in front of a convex mirror at a distance of 40 cm. The focal length of the mirror is 40 cm. Find the position of image.

Complete the following diagrams shown in the below figure by drawing the reflected ray for each incident ray.

Draw a ray diagram to show that a convex mirror has a wider field of view.