A small bead 2.75 [mm] in size is located 21.0 [cm] from the center of a concave spherical mirror with radius of curvature of 16.0 [cm] along the optical axis. Consider the system in the previous item, but this time the concave spherical mirror is replaced by a convex spherical mirror of the same radius of curvature. What is the location, height, and orientation of the image of the bead?
Applications Of Reflection Of Light
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Sign Convention for Mirrors
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A small bead 2.75 [mm] in size is located 21.0 [cm] from the center of a
concave spherical mirror with radius of curvature of 16.0 [cm] along the optical axis.
Consider the system in the previous item, but this time the concave spherical
mirror is replaced by a convex spherical mirror of the same radius of curvature. What is the
location, height, and orientation of the image of the bead?
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