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SPHERICAL MIRRORS
Syllabus:
. Spherical mirrors; characteristics of image formed by these mirrors. Uses of concave and convex 1nirror (only 1
simple direct ray diagrams are required).
Scope - Brief introduction to spherical mirrors, concave and convex mirrors, centre and radius of curvature,
pole and principal axis, focus and focal length; f = R/2 with proof, sirnple ray diagram for the formation of I
images in (a) concave mirror, when a small linear object is placed on the principal axis at a very large distance
(u >> R), at the centre of curvature, between C and F, at F, between F and P. (b) convex mirror, when a small
linear object is placed on the principal axis in front of the mirror.
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