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A  square ABCD of side 1mm is kept at distance 15cm in front of the concave mirror as shown in fig. The focal length of the mirror is 10cm. The length of the perimeter of its image will be __________mm

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1v+1u=1f

For the heights AB and CD :

1v+1-15=1-10

v=30cm

m=h1h=vu

h10.1=3015h1=0.2cm

For the lengths BC and AD

1v+1u=1f

vv2+uu2=0

vu=-v2u2

vu=-302152=-4

Therefore, the imagewill have a length of 0.1×4cm

 Perimeter (p)=2×0.2+2×0.4=0.12cm

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A  square ABCD of side 1mm is kept at distance 15cm in front of the concave mirror as shown in fig. The focal length of the mirror is 10cm. The length of the perimeter of its image will be __________mm