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Are rays perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave mirror converge at or near the focal point?
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It should be parallel. Rays "parallel to the principle axis of a concave mirror converage at or near the focal point.
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What mirror causes light rays to converge?
concave mirror and convex lens can be used to focus light rays. they are also called converging mirror and lens respectively. They focus the light at a distance of its focal length.
In convex and concave mirrors which is diverge and which is converg?
A converging mirror is also referred to as a concave mirror. Its reflecting surface curves inwards and usually forms a virtual image. Whereas, a diverging mirror's reflecting surface is curved outwards and can form both real and virtual images.
A typical mirror in a person's house would be an example of aan mirror?
b....concave b....concave
Is a virtual and inverted image formed by a concave mirror?
Your right! You see technically we see up side down but with the light we see right side up so what that means is yes it is upside down. Well, since the brain doesn't turn it "right side up" it could be either way that you look at it.
A mirror with a surface that curves inward like the inside of a bowl is a?
concave mirror
Which factor most influence image produce by concave mirror?
A concave mirror cause light rays to converge at the focus
When rays parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror are reflected the pass though?
That passes through the principal focus of the concave mirror
A ray of light traveling parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror will be reflected out through the mirrors?
If the light approaches the mirror along the normal (perpendicular to the mirror), then it reflectsback in the same direction from which it came.In that event, the angle of reflection is still equal to the angle of incidence . . . they're both zero.
What would happen if concave mirror is missing in projector?
than the rays of the projector will not converge as the concave lens has the characterstic to converge the rays in one place if it converge the rays the image will found on th screen
Why concave mirror is used in automobiles?
In a concave mirror,when ray of light incident on the mirror images are made to converge at a point which enables it to veiw far distance.for this reason it is in autmobiles.
What is the principle focus of a concave mirror?
The refleted ray are meeting/intersecting at a point on the principal axis of the mirror.This point is called the principal focus of the concave mirror
What is the difference between parabolic and concave mirrors?
In the case of concave mirrors parallel rays, parallel to the principal axis and incident near the pole(axial rays), after reflection will converge to the principal focus.Rays reflected from the marginal portions of the mirror(marginal rays) will converge to points nearer than the focus. Due to this the image formed by a concave mirror of large aperture will be blurred. This defect is called spherical aberration. This defect can be overcome by using parabolic mirrors. In a parabolic mirror all the rays, axial rays as well as the marginal rays, incidenting on it after reflection will converge to the same principal focus. This is due to the geometric property of the parabola, that is parabola allows only one focus.Hence in a parabolic mirror there is no spherical aberration and the image will be sharp and clear.
Do Light Rays converge or diverge?
Light rays converge as well as diverge. it depends upon the type of lens or mirror you pass it through. A concave lens or a convex mirror diverges the light whereas a convex lens or a concave mirror converges the light rays!
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror?
It is the point at which all light rays seem to diverge from in the case of a concave mirror
Which light rays striking a concave mirror are reflected so that they pass through they focal point?
Rays which are parallel to the axis of the concave mirror will converge to the focal point.
What is the principal focus of convex mirror?
It is the point at which all the light rays seem to converge in the case of convex mirror.
A ray of light traveling parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror will be reflected out through the mirror's?
focus
