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At what distance from a concave mirror of focal length 10cm should an object 2cm long be placed in order to get an erect image 6cm tall

Posted by Royal ?? Chundawat 5 years, 11 months ago

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Royal ?? Chundawat 5 years, 11 months ago

Thanks yogita

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Royal ?? Chundawat 5 years, 11 months ago

Thanks Adhya

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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 11 months ago

Focal length of concave mirror f = -10 cm
Height of the object h_{o} = 2 cm
Height of the image h_{i }= 6 cm
Magnification m = h_{i}/h_{o} = 6/2 = 3 (erect image)
 m = -v/u
 3 = -v/u ⇒ v = -3u
Mirror formula: 1/v + 1/u = 1/f
 1/(-3u) + 1/u = 1/(-10)
 ⇒ u = -20/3 = -6.7 cm

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Aadya Singh ? 5 years, 11 months ago

-6.7 cm..

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