Question

draw the diagram of parallel beam of light falling on convex mirror and its reflection.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

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Reflection and the Ray Model of Light - Lesson 4 - Convex Mirrors

Ray Diagrams - Convex Mirrors

Image Formation for Convex Mirrors

Ray Diagrams - Convex Mirrors

Image Characteristics for Convex Mirrors

Mirror Equation - Convex Mirrors

In the first section of Lesson 4, we learned that light is reflected by convex mirrors in a manner that a virtual image is formed. We also learned that there are two simple rules of reflection for convex mirrors. These rules represent slight revisions of the two rules given for concave mirrors. The revised rules can be stated as follows:

Any incident ray traveling parallel to the principal axis on the way to a convex mirror will reflect in such a manner that its extension will pass through the focal point.

Any incident ray traveling towards a convex mirror such that its extension passes through the focal point will reflect and travel parallel to the principal axis.

These two rules will be used to construct ray diagrams. A ray diagram is a tool that is used to determine the location, size, orientation, and type of image formed by a mirror. Ray diagrams for concave mirrors were drawn in Lesson 3. In this lesson, we will see a similar method for constructing ray diagrams for convex mirrors.