sign convention in concave mirror ... plz explain ..
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sign convention
- all distance ate measured from pole of the mirror as origin.
- distance measured in the same direction as that of incident light are taken as positive .if it is opp then take distance negative.
- the object distance us always negative
- if an image is formed behind a concave mirror the image distance is positive but if the image is formed in front of mirror then the image distance is negative
- the focal length of concave mirror is considered negative
- the height of an object is always considered positive
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