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Spherical Mirror
- Spherical mirror: A piece of a glass sphere.
- If the inner side is polished, then the spherical mirror is a concave mirror. If the outer surface is polished, it is a convex mirror.
- The focal length of a spherical mirror is equal to R/2, where R is the radius of the sphere from which the mirror is taken (the radius of curvature).
- The straight line from the center of the sphere to the mid point of the mirror is called the principal axis.
- The mail mirror equation: 1/f = 1/p + 1/q.
Spherical Mirror
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- Intro
- Concave and Convex Mirror
- Piece of Mirror From a Spherical Mirror
- If Inner face is Polished, Concave Mirror
- Principal Axix
- Polished Outer Side, Convex Mirror
- Focal Point
- Ray Diagrams
- Image Formation in Concave Mirrors: Real Object
- Image Formation in Concave Mirrors: Virtual Object
- Summary of Concave Mirror
- Real Object real Image
- Real Object Virtual Image
- Virtual Object Real Image
- Virtual Object Virtual Image
- Extra Example 1: Concave Mirror Image Location
- Extra Example 2: Concave Mirror Focal Length
- Extra Example 3: Concave Mirror Image Location































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