Summary PH 1200 Optics: Image Formation 3. The mirror on the passenger side of m

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Summary PH 1200 Optics: Image Formation 3. The mirror on the passenger side of many cars is labeled "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear." Images in this mirror never appear upside- down, for any distance object. What kind of mirror is this? How do you know? 4. A magnifying glass can be used to start a fire using rays from the sun (a source of light that's very far away). If you had a pile of leaves and twigs you wanted to start on fire, what distance from the pile would you hold the magnifying glass? Why?

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3.Since object in the mirror are closer than they appear and image is alwayd upright ,the mirror used is convex mirror as characteristic of image of convex mirror are

I.located behind the mirror

II.a virtual mirror

III. An upright mirror

IV.reduced in size

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