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    This document defines key terms and concepts related to plane and curved mirrors. It describes how plane mirrors produce regular reflections and how curved mirrors can be either concave or convex. Concave mirrors converge light to form real, inverted images in front of the mirror, while convex mirrors diverge light to form virtual, erect images behind the mirror. The document also defines important geometric features of mirrors like the vertex, focal point, center of curvature, focal length, and principal axis.

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    This document defines key terms and concepts related to plane and curved mirrors. It describes how plane mirrors produce regular reflections and how curved mirrors can be either concave or convex. Concave mirrors converge light to form real, inverted images in front of the mirror, while convex mirrors diverge light to form virtual, erect images behind the mirror. The document also defines important geometric features of mirrors like the vertex, focal point, center of curvature, focal length, and principal axis.

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    Mirrors

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    This document defines key terms and concepts related to plane and curved mirrors. It describes how plane mirrors produce regular reflections and how curved mirrors can be either concave or convex. Concave mirrors converge light to form real, inverted images in front of the mirror, while convex mirrors diverge light to form virtual, erect images behind the mirror. The document also defines important geometric features of mirrors like the vertex, focal point, center of curvature, focal length, and principal axis.

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    Mirror: highly polished surface Ray Diagramming: technique to

    that can produce images by describe the LOST (Location,


    reflection Orientation, Size, Type)
    Plane Mirror: flat, smooth, reflects Principal Ray: parallel to PA,
    light in a regular way passes F
    Curved/Spherical: portion of a Focal Ray: passes F, hits the mirror,
    sphere reflects parallel to PA
    a. Concave: reflects light from Chief Ray- leaves the object and
    inner surface, converging mirror passes thru c
    b. Convex: reflects light from outer
    surface, diverging mirror

    Object: source of diverging light


    rays, source of incident ray
    Image: reproduction of the object
    by the mirror
    Real image: formed by
    convergence, formed in front of
    the mirror, can be projected,
    always inverted
    Virtual image: formed by
    divergence, formed behind the
    mirror, cannot be projected,
    always erect
    Images formed by plane mirror:
    same size, same distance, erect,
    has reversal effect
    Images formed by curved mirrors:
    differs in size, location, orientation

    Vertex (v)- physical center of the


    mirror
    Focal point (F) or focus, midpoint
    Center of Curvature (c)-
    geometrical center
    Focal length (f)- distance from f to
    v
    Principal axis (PA)- perpendicular
    line to the mirror
    Radius of curvature- distance
    from c to v

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