Because when used, the object (your face) is closer to the mirror than the focal length. Move a long way off and things will change.
A concave mirror that has a focal length smaller than its radius of curvature will produce only virtual images. This is because the image is formed on the same side of the mirror as the object, resulting in a virtual image that cannot be projected onto a screen.
A mirror which produces an erect diminshed virtual image is a)concave mirror b)convex mirror c)plane mirror d)none of these
"Real" and "virtual" are two opposite, mutually exclusive categories of images. An image is either one or the other, and no image can be both. The image produced by a plane mirror is a virtual one.
A plane mirror does not produce magnification on an object. It produces a virtual image that is the same size as the object and has the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of the mirror.
A real image is not formed by a plane mirror, as it only produces virtual images. Virtual images appear to be behind the mirror, and you can't project them onto a screen. When you look into a mirror, you see the virtual image of yourself that appears to be the same distance behind the mirror as you are in front of it.
A concave mirror that has a focal length smaller than its radius of curvature will produce only virtual images. This is because the image is formed on the same side of the mirror as the object, resulting in a virtual image that cannot be projected onto a screen.
A mirror which produces an erect diminshed virtual image is a)concave mirror b)convex mirror c)plane mirror d)none of these
"Real" and "virtual" are two opposite, mutually exclusive categories of images. An image is either one or the other, and no image can be both. The image produced by a plane mirror is a virtual one.
yes it always produces a virtual image. it is always erect. Its size is always diminshed. Distance from the mirror is always between Focus and Pole
Its called a virtual image.
virtual :-)
A convex mirror forms a virtual image. The reflected rays diverge away from each other, and when extended backward, they appear to meet at a point behind the mirror. This virtual image is always upright and smaller than the object.
The image formed by a plane mirror is virtual image.
A mirror.
A plane mirror forms a virtual image. If it's reflected, then the light does not come from the image, and it is virtual.
A plane mirror forms 1 virtual image and no real image. The virtual image is behind the mirror, at the same distance as the object in front of the mirror, erect, in mirror image left-right.
Here is a description of image formation in a concave mirror: if the object is beyond the center of curvature (F), the image formed is real and upside down; if the object is very near to the concave mirror, the image forms behind the mirror. It is virtual, upright, and bigger in size. Here is a description of image formation in a convex mirror: a convex mirror always produces a virtual, upright, and smaller image of the object at any distance in front of it. The image is located behind the mirror.