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What is the relation between radius of curvature and focal length of a spherical mirror?

Important Questions on Reflection of Light

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To find the focal length of a convex mirror, a student records the following data:
Object pin Convex Lens Convex Mirror Image Pin
22.2 cm 32.2 cm 45.8 cm 71.2 cm
The focal length of the convex lens is f1 and that of mirror is f2 . Then taking index correction to be negligibly small, f1 and f2 are close to:
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The radius of curvature of a converging mirror is 30 cm. At what distance from the mirror should an object be placed so as to obtain a virtual image?

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Which of the following statements is not true in reference to the diagram shown above?

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An object is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror at a distance of 1.5f (f is the focal length). The image will be at,
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A student holding a mirror in his hand, directed the reflecting surface of the mirror towards the Sun. He then directed the reflected light on to a sheet of paper held close to the mirror.

Which type of mirror does he have?

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A concave mirror of focal length 15 cm, forms an image having twice the linear dimensions of the object. The position of the object, when the image is virtual, will be
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An object of height 4 cm is kept at a distance of 30 cm from the pole of a diverging mirror. If the focal length of the mirror is 10 cm, the height of the image formed is ____.

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An object is placed beyond the centre of curvature C of the given concave mirror. If the distance of the object is d1 from C and the distance of the image formed is d2 from C, the radius of curvature of this mirror is:

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If the image formed by a spherical mirror for all positions of the object placed in front of it is always erect and diminished, what type of mirror is it ? Draw a labelled ray diagram to support your answer. 
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In which of the following is a concave mirror is used?

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An object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from the pole of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. The distance of the image formed is
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A student holding a mirror in his hand, directed the reflecting surface of the mirror towards the Sun. He then directed the reflected light on to a sheet of paper held close to the mirror.

What should he do to burn the paper?

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A candle placed 25 cm from a lens forms an image on the screen placed 75 cm on the other side of the lens. The focal length and type of the lens should be
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A point object is moving uniformly towards the pole of a concave mirror of focal length 25 cm along its axis as shown below. The speed of the object is 1 ms-1. At t=0, the distance of the object from the mirror is 50 cm. The average velocity of the image formed by the mirror between time t=0 and t=0.25 s is:

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An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a convex lens. A convex mirror of focal length 15 cm is placed on another side of the lens at 8 cm as shown in the figure. The image of the object coincides with the object.

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When the convex mirror is removed, a real and inverted image is formed at a position. The distance of the image from the object will be ___ cm

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A candle is placed at 12 cm distance from a concave mirror. Radius of curvature of the mirror is 10 cm. Find the position, nature and magnification of the image. 
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Establish the relation between the radius of curvature R and focal length f of the spherical concave mirror.

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For the diagram shown, according to the new Cartesian sign convention the magnification of the image formed will have the following specifications.

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A student holding a mirror in his hand, directed the reflecting surface of the mirror towards the Sun. He then directed the reflected light on to a sheet of paper held close to the mirror.

Will he be able to determine the approximate value of focal length of this mirror from this activity ? Give reason and draw ray diagram to justify your answer in this case.

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When an object is kept within the focus of a concave mirror, an enlarged image is formed behind the mirror. This image is: