Answer: Beyond centre of curvature.
- A Between pole and focus
- B At focus
- C Beyond centre of curvature
- D Between focus and centre of curvature
Correct answer: C. Beyond centre of curvature
Explanation: Real images form when object is beyond the focus. When beyond C, image is real, inverted, smaller.
Concave mirror ray construction: a ray parallel to the axis reflects through F, and a ray through F reflects parallel, locating the inverted real image. Image: Maxmath12, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Concept context
Reflection, refraction, lenses, mirrors, total internal reflection.