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A ray of light travelling parallel to the principal axis of a convex mirror appears to be coming from [[1]] before the reflection from the mirror.


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A ray of light travelling parallel to the principal axis of a convex mirror appears to be coming from focus before the reflection from the mirror.
In the given image, the incident ray of the light AE is going towards the focus F of the convex mirror. It strikes the mirror surface at point E and gets reflected. After the reflection, it becomes parallel to the principal axis and goes in the direction shown by the figure's ray EG.
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