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A 2.0cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm.

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asked Jan 20, 2018 in Physics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) ● 34 ● 435 ● 1336

A 2.0cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. The distance of the object from the mirror is 15 cm. Find the nature, position and size of the image formed. Represent the situation with the help of a ray diagram.

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answered Jan 20, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) ● 8 ● 11 ● 24
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The image is formed at a distance of 30cm in front of the mirror. Negative sign shows that the image formed is real and inverted.

Hence, the size of image is 4cm. Thus, image formed is real, inverted and enlarged.

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