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A 2cm tall object is placed 15cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10cm. What is the size and nature of the image?

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a

4 cm , real

b

4 cm , virtual

c

1 cm, real

d

None of these

answer is A.

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 According to New Cartesian sign convention,  Object distance u=15 cm Focal length of a concave lens, f=10 cm. Height of the object h0=2.0 cm According to mirror formula, 1v+1u=1f1v=1f1u=110115v=30 cmThis image is formed 30 cm from the mirror on the same side of the object. It is real image. Magnification of the mirror, m=vu=hih0(30)15=hi2hi=4 cm Negative sign shows that image is inverted.  The image is real, inverted, of size 4 cm at a distance 30 cm in front of the mirror. 

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A 2cm tall object is placed 15cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10cm. What is the size and nature of the image?