REMARKS/ANALYSIS OF DATA

For Table 1, titled laws of Reflection, we can observe that the angle of incidence is equal
to the angle of reflections.
For Table 2, titled the number of images, shows the number of images observed in the
mirror is dependent on the angle between the 2 plane mirrors. We can observe that as the angle
increases, the number of images formed decreases.
For Table 3, titled the determination of focal length and radius, we can observe that the
focal length and the radius of curvature of the concave mirror is smaller than convex mirrors.
We can also observe that the focal length is half of the radius of curvature.
For Table 4, titled the object distance greater than the image distance, we observed that
the distance of the object and its distance of the image affects the length of the focal length. We
also observed that the focal length is directly proportional to the object and image distance. We
can also see that as the distance of the object gets farther, the image or the distance of the mirror
from the screen is getting closer.
For table 5, titled the image distance greater than object distance, we observed that as the
object distance gets closer, the image distance gets farther. We can also observe that the image
distance is inversely proportional with the focal length.
For table 6, titled the object distance equal to the image distance, we can observe that the
object distance, image distance, and focal length is constant but is still affected by the value of
the two distances.
There are a lot of factors which contributed to our error and percentage difference of this
experiment. One of the factors is the meter stick. The meter stick is one of the factors because
using the meter stick to get accurate measurement is hard because it is prone to human error. It
would almost always have discrepancies in the measurement. Another factor which I believe
contributed to the error and percentage difference is the turned off lights. Since the lights needs
to be turned off during the experiment, some people had trouble using the meter stick. Another
factor is in distinguishing if the image is already clear on the screen,

CONCLUSION
There are three objectives for this experiment. The first is to determine the number of
images formed when plane mirrors are placed at a certain angle. The second objective is to be
able to determine and describe the image formed using a plane and spherical mirrors. And the
last objective is to determine and compute the focal length of spherical mirror. We were able to
achieve all of these objectives with the use of the various experiments.
Based on the results of our experiments and gathered data, I can therefore conclude that
the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection is equal. This is also based on the law of
reflection. I can also conclude that the angle between the plane mirrors is inversely proportional
to the number of images. This is based on our data where we can observe that as the angle
between the mirror increases, the number of images that can be seen decreases. To get the
calculated number of images formed between two plane mirrors making a certain angle, we use
the formula

I=

360
1.

We also used the formula

2 f =R

to calculate for the actual value

of the curvatures radius. From our gathered data, we can also conclude that when the object
distance is greater than the image the focal length is directly proportional to the image distance
but is inversely proportional to the object distance. We can also conclude that when the image
distance is greater than the object distance, the focal length is directly proportional to the object
distance but the image distance is inversely proportional. We also found out that when the object
distance is equal to the image distance, the resulting focal length will be constant. For this part,
we use the equation

[ ]

f=

1 1
+
p q

to know the focal length where p is the object distance and

q is the image distance.

The application of the experiment Plane and Spherical Mirrors in our daily life is through
the use of concave and convex mirrors. Concave and convex mirrors have become an integral
part of our daily life. Their applications ranges from personal use up to seeing celestial bodies.
For example, concave mirrors are used for prescription glasses in order to help people like me
see better. Another use of concave mirrors is in search lights and head lights for vehicles. As for
convex mirrors, they can be used in reflecting telescopes.