Size of image of an object by a mirror having a focal length of 20 cm is observed to be reduced to 1/3rd of its size. At what distance the object has been placed from the mirror? What is the nature of the image and the mirror?
Focal length of the mirror f =20 cm
hi/h0 = 1/3
if the mirror is a concave mirror, then the focal length of the mirror, f= -20 cm
Magnification is given by
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Object distance u = -3v or v= - u/3
Applying the mirror formula
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v = 40/3
So, the image is virtual, erect and diminished and the mirror is a concave mirror.
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