Which type of mirrors are used in the following?
Periscope, floodlights, shaving mirror, kaleidoscope, street lights, head lamps of a car.
1.) Periscope: Simple Periscope uses Plane Mirrors because light just strikes the mirror to reach viewer eye.
2.) Flood Lights: Concave Mirrors are used in the floodlights.
3.) Shaving Mirror: Concave Mirrors are used in shaving mirrors because when the face is kept between the focus and pole of the mirror the magnified, erect and virtual image is formed.
4.) Kaleidoscope: Plane Mirrors are used in the Kaleidoscope because only reflecting surface is needed.
5.) Street Light: Convex Mirrors are used in the street light because it diverges the rays of the light upto large distance .
6.) Head Lamp of car: Concave mirrors are used in the Head Lamp of car because if the bulb is kept at focus of the mirror the rays from bulb will go to a larger distances ( infinity).
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