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6. A 6.1 ft tall shopper in a department store is 15 ft from a convex security miror. The shopper notices that his image in the mirror appears to be only 6.9 in tall. (a) Is the shopper's image upright or inverted? Explain. (b) What is the mirror's radius of curvature? Draw the Ray diagram of the object and its image. Please draw all three rays that show where the image is located.

6. A 6.1 ft tall shopper in a department store is 15 ft from a convex security miror. The shopper notices that his image in the mirror appears to be only 6.9 in tall. (a) Is the shopper's image upright or inverted? Explain. (b) What is the mirror's radius of curvature? Draw the Ray diagram of the object and its image. Please draw all three rays that show where the image is located.

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6. A 6.1 ft tall shopper in a department store is 15 ft from a convex security mirror. The shopper notices that his image in the mirror appears to be only 6.9 in tall. (a) Is the shopper's image upright or inverted? Explain. (b) What is the mirror's radius of curvature? Draw the Ray diagram of the object and its image. Please draw all three rays that show where the image is located.
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