If spherical mirror breaks, what type of mirror will form?
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Geometrically, a spherical mirror is a part of a big sphere. It is polished on one side with silvery metal. It is polished/painted with an opaque substance on the other side. So it acts like a mirror.
If a spherical mirror breaks into two pieces, then we obtain two smaller pieces of the original spherical shell, from which the mirror was obtained.
Thus the two pieces become two spherical mirrors. They will have the same radius, same focal distance and same nature. If concave mirror breaks, then we will have two smaller concave mirrors. If a convex mirror breaks, we will have two smaller convex mirrors.
Size of mirror matters only for the virtual image size. Whole object may not be visible inside it. Brightness or intensity of image will be reduced.
Real image can be formed with a small mirror and caught on a screen. But its intensity or brightness is diminished.
If a spherical mirror breaks into two pieces, then we obtain two smaller pieces of the original spherical shell, from which the mirror was obtained.
Thus the two pieces become two spherical mirrors. They will have the same radius, same focal distance and same nature. If concave mirror breaks, then we will have two smaller concave mirrors. If a convex mirror breaks, we will have two smaller convex mirrors.
Size of mirror matters only for the virtual image size. Whole object may not be visible inside it. Brightness or intensity of image will be reduced.
Real image can be formed with a small mirror and caught on a screen. But its intensity or brightness is diminished.
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it will form two small spherical mirror
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