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The image formed by a convex mirror of an object placed in front of it is always:

Answer: virtual, erect and diminished.

  • A virtual, erect and diminished
  • B real, inverted and magnified
  • C virtual, inverted and diminished
  • D real, erect and same size

Correct answer: A. virtual, erect and diminished

Explanation: A convex mirror is a diverging mirror; for any real object it forms an image that is virtual, erect and smaller than the object, located behind the mirror.

Concave mirror ray diagram with an object drawn as a candle on the principal axis, the focal point F marked, and the parallel ray and focal ray reflecting to form an inverted real image

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.

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