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Chapter 2, Problem 127AP

Use a ruler and a protractor to draw rays to find images in the following cases.

(a) A point object located on the axis of a concave minor located at a point within the focal length from the vertex.

(b) A point object located on the axis of a concave mirror located at a point farther than the focal length from the vertex.

(d) A point object located on the axis of a convex mirror located at a point farther than the focal length from the vertex.

(e) Repeat (a)—(d) for a point object off the axis.

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