Question

what are the uses of concave or convex mirror

Answer 1

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Concave mirrors are used for various purpose:-

1) A concave mirror is used as a reflector in torches, search lights, head lights of motor vehicles etc. to get powerful parallel beam of light.

2. A concave mirror is used as doctors head mirrors to focus light on the body parts like eyes, ears, nose, throat etc., to be examined.

3. A concave mirror is also used as a shaving mirror/makeup mirror, as it can form erect and magnified image of the face.

4. The dentists use concave mirror to observe large imagesof the teeth of the patient.

Covex mirror for various uses :-

(i) A convex mirror produced an erect image of the object.

(ii) Size of image formed by convex mirror is much smaller than the object. There for it is Used in Side views Mirror.

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Answer 2

Uses of concave mirror. The concave mirror is a converging mirror , so that it is used for many purposes , It is used as a torch to reflect the light , It is used in the aircraft landing at the airports to guide the aeroplanes , It is used in shaving to get an enlarged and erect image of the face .