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In a concave mirror experiment, an object is placed at a distance x1 from the focus and the image is formed at a distance x2 from the focus. The focal length of the mirror would be

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Important Questions on Ray Optics

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As the position of an object u from a concave mirror is varied, the position of the image v also varies. By letting the u change from 0 to + the graph between v versus u will be
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An object is placed at a distance u from a concave mirror and its real image is formed on the screen placed at distance v from the mirror. If f is the focal length of the mirror, then the graph between 1v versus 1u is (magnitude only)
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A square wire of side 3cm is placed 25cm away from a concave mirror of focal length 10cm. What is the area enclosed by the image of the wire? [The centre of the wire lies on the axis of the mirror, with its two sides normal to the axis]

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An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. If the object is displaced through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the displacement of the image will be
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The ratio of the diameter of the sun to the distance between the earth and the sun is approximately 0.009. The approximate diameter of the image of the sun formed by a concave spherical mirror of radius of curvature 0.4 m is
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Match the corresponding entries of column-1 with column-2 [where m is the magnification produced by the mirror] 

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(i) m=-2 (a)  Convex mirror
(ii) m=-12 (b)  Concave mirror
(iii) m=+2 (c)  Real image
(iv) m=+12 (d)  Virtual image
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A candle flame 2 cm high is placed at distance of 2 m from a wall. How far from the wall must a concave mirror be placed in order to form an image of the flame 6 cm high on the wall?
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An infinitely long bar lies along the axis of concave mirror of focal length f. The near end of the bar is at a distance u>f from the mirror. Its image will have a length