A circular plane mirror is placed on a table and a hemisphere of radius 10 cm is placed on it. The center of hemisphere is at the center of mirror. The minimum radius of circular mirror for which image of point object P is formed by the mirror is?
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a
12.8 cm
b
12.5 cm
c
12.7 cm
d
12.9 cm
answer is B.
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Detailed Solution
From figure, sin370=hR∴h=Rsin370 =10×35=6cm Also, cos370=CAR CA=Rcos370 = 10×45 = 8 cm And tan530=hAB ∴AB=htan530=64/3=184=4.5cmThus, minimum radius of mirror = CB =CA+AB=8+4.5=12.5 cm