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how do mirrors reflect light
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What is the difference of curved mirror and flat mirror?
Curved mirrors have a reflective surface that is curved inward or outward, causing light rays to converge or diverge. This allows curved mirrors to form both real and virtual images. In contrast, flat mirrors have a flat reflective surface and only produce virtual images that are the same size as the object.
Difference in plane and curved mirrors?
Plane mirrors have a flat reflecting surface, while curved mirrors have a reflecting surface that is curved either inward (concave) or outward (convex). Curved mirrors can focus or diverge light rays depending on their shape, resulting in different optical properties compared to plane mirrors. Additionally, curved mirrors have a focal point and focal length, which plane mirrors do not possess.
How is what you see in curved mirrors different from ordinary flat mirrors?
Curved mirrors, such as concave and convex mirrors, distort the reflection of objects due to their curved surface. Concave mirrors can focus light to create real or virtual images, while convex mirrors always produce virtual images that are smaller than the object. In contrast, flat mirrors provide a true reflection of objects without any distortion or magnification.
Does the law of reflection apply to curved and flat mirrors?
The law of reflection is valid for any ray of light. So it is also valid for curved and flat surfaces. For curved surfaces, the normal is taken as the normal to the tangent of the point where the light ray hits the surface.
Do convex mirror reflect light?
If it's really a "mirror", then it reflects light, regardless of its shape.
Why is it that the side mirrors in vehicles are curved mirrors?
convex (curved) mirrors show more space than flat mirrors do also the images are smaller than they really are
How does light interact with mirrors?
Light interacts with mirrors through the process of reflection. When light hits a mirror, it bounces off the surface at the same angle it came in, creating a clear image of the object reflecting the light. Mirrors can be flat or curved, which affects how the light is reflected and the image that is formed.
Would Images formed by curved mirrors will look identical to to the images formed by flat mirrors?
No. They will look different.
How do mirrors work in terms of physics?
Mirrors work by reflecting light. When light hits a mirror, it bounces off at the same angle it came in at, following the law of reflection. This creates an image of the object being reflected. Mirrors can be flat or curved, which affects how the image appears.
What are flat MIRRORS used for and what do they do?
Flat mirrors are the commonest type, and provide a reflection of the subject. Useful for shaving in and for checking my clothes. They just reflect the light that falls on them. An interesting experiment you can do is to get a couple of flat mirrors and erect them at 90o to each other. If you look in these, you will see a reflection of you that is as other folk see you. The best version of this uses frameless mirrors.
What do mirrors do with light?
Mirrors primary reflect light. Since a mirror is never 100% efficient, a small amount of the light is lost to absorption. A flat mirror reflects the light in such a way that the reflected angle is the same as the incident angle.
How many times do mirrors reflect light and where is it reflected?
In a PERFECT System with Perfect Mirrors reflecting 100% of the Energy that strikes it....two parallel mirrors will reflect light striking it at 90 degrees to their surfaces an INFINITE number of times. Of course that System does not exist. Mirrors are NOT 100% Reflective. It is impossible to make two flat objects Perfectly Parallel, and Introducing a Perfectly Perpendicular Light Beam into the System is NOT Possible either.
