Reflected rays bounce off the mirror surface at the same angle they hit it, preserving the direction of the light beams. When many reflected rays converge at a single point, they form an image of the object due to the reflection properties of the mirror. This creates a virtual image that appears to be located behind the mirror surface.
A plane mirror forms a virtual image because the reflected rays do not actually converge to form an image behind the mirror, but appear to diverge from a point behind the mirror.
At the focal point of the mirror, a concave mirror will not produce a real image. This is because at the focal point, the reflected rays are parallel and do not converge to form a real image.
Light rays that hit a convex mirror are reflected and diverge. The reflected rays appear to originate from a point behind the mirror known as the focal point. This causes the image formed by a convex mirror to be virtual, upright, and diminished in size.
A mirror reflects light rays, causing them to change direction. When parallel light rays hit the mirror, they are reflected and converge at a point known as the focal point, creating an image. The image formed is virtual and laterally inverted, appearing behind the mirror.
A concave mirror can form a virtual diminished image when the object is placed between the focal point and the mirror's vertex. This setup causes the reflected rays to diverge and form an upright image that appears smaller than the actual object.
A plane mirror forms a virtual image because the reflected rays do not actually converge to form an image behind the mirror, but appear to diverge from a point behind the mirror.
At the focal point of the mirror, a concave mirror will not produce a real image. This is because at the focal point, the reflected rays are parallel and do not converge to form a real image.
Light rays that hit a convex mirror are reflected and diverge. The reflected rays appear to originate from a point behind the mirror known as the focal point. This causes the image formed by a convex mirror to be virtual, upright, and diminished in size.
A mirror reflects light rays, causing them to change direction. When parallel light rays hit the mirror, they are reflected and converge at a point known as the focal point, creating an image. The image formed is virtual and laterally inverted, appearing behind the mirror.
A concave mirror can form a virtual diminished image when the object is placed between the focal point and the mirror's vertex. This setup causes the reflected rays to diverge and form an upright image that appears smaller than the actual object.
No it can not. It would have to be concave or convex(not sure which). A real image would be if you looked at the mirror and on the wall next to you were projected.
A concave mirror can form a real image when the object is located beyond the mirror's focal point (F) and the reflected light rays converge to a point in front of the mirror. This results in the formation of an inverted real image that can be projected onto a screen.
The reflected rays are traced back to a point behind the mirror to show where the virtual image of the object appears to be located. This virtual image is formed due to the apparent path light rays take after reflecting off the mirror. The point behind the mirror is where the perception of the image seems to be coming from.
Plane mirrors form images of objects because they reflect light rays in a way that the reflected rays appear to originate from behind the mirror. This creates a virtual image that is the same size and distance as the object but appears reversed left to right.
When an object is placed in front of a plane mirror, the rays of light reflecting off the object form an image behind the mirror. By drawing incident and reflected rays corresponding to points on the object, using the law of reflection, we can show that the image is the same size as the object. This is because the incident and reflected rays form virtual images that are congruent to the object, thus showing that the size of the image is equal to the size of the object.
It would depend on the distance of the object from the mirror. If the object is close to the mirror, the reflected image may appear brighter due to magnification. However, if the object is far from the mirror, the reflected image may appear darker due to spread out light rays.
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.