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Where is the secondary principal focus.

Important Questions on Reflection and Spherical Mirror

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A monochromatic beam of light enters a square enclosure with mirrored interior surfaces at an angle of incidence θi=(0) (see the figure below). For some value(s) of θi, the beam is reflected by every mirrored wall (other than the one with opening) exactly once and exists the enclosure through the same hole. Which of the following statements about this beam is correct?

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A concave mirror for face viewing has a focal length of 0.4 m. The distance at which you hold the mirror from your face in order to see your image upright with a magnification of 5 is
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The image of an object O due to reflection from the surface of a lake is elongated due to the ripples on the water surface caused by a light breeze. This is because the ripples act as tilted mirrors as shown below. Consider the case, where O and the observer E are at the same height above the surface of the lake. If the maximum angle that the ripples make with the horizontal is α, then the angular extent δ of the image will be

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An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image produced is
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A convex mirror is placed inside water. Will its focal length change?
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If a parallel beam of light is incident on convex as well as concave mirror then after reflection they pass through focal point. If f is the focal length and R is the radius of curvature of a mirror then for both the mirrors
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When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a distance of 10 cm from the mirror. If the object is moved with a speed of 9 cm s-1 , the speed (in cm s-1) with which image moves at that instant is
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Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first mirror M1 and parallel to the second mirror (M2) is finally reflected from the second mirror (M2) and parallel to the first mirror M1. The angle between the two mirrors will be:
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An object is placed 5 cm in front of convex mirror whose radius of curvature is 3 cm. Find the position and nature of image.
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You are asked to design a shaving mirror assuming that a person keeps it at 10 cm from his face and views the magnified image of the face at the closest comfortable distance of 25 cm. The radius of curvature of the mirror would then be:
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Define focal length of a concave mirror. Prove that the radius of curvature of a concave mirror is double its focal length. 
 
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Find focal length of a spherical mirror of radius of curvature 10cm.
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The angle made by incident ray of light with the reflecting surface is called
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A short straight object of height 100 cm lies before the central axis of a spherical mirror whose focal length has absolute value f=40 cm. The image of object produced by the mirror is of height 25 cm and has the same orientation of the object. One may conclude from the information:
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A hemispherical glass body of radius 10 cm and refractive index 1.5 is silvered on its curved surface. A small air bubble is 6 cm below the flat surface inside it along the axis. The position of the image of the air bubble made by the mirror is seen :

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A ray of light parallel to the principal axis of a spherical mirror falls at a point M as shown in the figure below:

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If the mirror is immersed in water, its focal length _____.

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Establish the relation between the focal length f and radius of curvature R
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Assertion: A concave mirror of some focal length in air is used in a medium of refractive index 2. Then the focal length of the mirror in that medium will remain the same.

Reason: The focal length of a mirror is half of the radius of curvature of the mirror.

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What is focal plane of a spherical mirror?
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Establish relation between focal length and radius of curvature for a spherical mirror.