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Review Questions on Mirrors

Answer the following questions

Question 1

An object of height 5cm is placed 30 cm in front of a concave mirror with focal length of 10 cm.
Find
1. Find the location of the image
2. Find the magnification ratio
3. Find the height of the image
4. Describe the image formed

Question 2

An object of height 1 cm is placed in 5cm in front of a convex mirror of focal length 8cm
Find
5. Find the location of the image
6. Find the magnification ratio
7. Find the height of the image
8. Describe the image formed

Question 3
An object of height 3cm is placed 12cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length of 8cm.
Find
9. Find the location of the image
10. Find the magnification ratio
11. Find the height of the image
12. Find the centre of curvature
13. Describe the image formed.

Question 4

A student performs a Physics experiment in which they place a object at various distances from a concave mirror, and hereby find
the location of the image.
Below are some of the data the student has obtained from their experiment (all measurements in cm)

1 1 1 1
u v + f
u v u v
40 39.5
70 29
200 22

14. Complete the above table

15. From the results what would you estimate the focal length of the concave mirror to be?
16. The student finds that when they place the object at 8.5 cm from the concave mirror, they cannot obtain an image. Could
you provide a reason why this is happening?
17. What would the magnification of this mirror be?
18. Describe the image formed when the object is located 200cm from the mirror.

Question 5
19. What does lateral inversion mean with regard to plane mirrors?
20. Using the diagram below show how the image is formed for a plane mirror, if the letter “ F” is placed in front of the plane
mirror ( show it as accurate as you can)