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A 1.0-cm-tall object is 20cmin front of a convex mirror that has a 60cmfocal length. Calculate the position and height of the image. State whether the image is in front of or behind the mirror, and whether the image is upright or inverted.

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The picture is 15cmbehind the mirror, upright, and it's tall at 0.75cm.

Step by step solution

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Step: 1 Finding lateral magnification:   

From mirror equation,

1s+1s′=2R=1f

The convex lens of focal lens is negative and concave lens is positive:the image virutal is negative and real image distance is positive.

The lateral magnification is

M=image heightobject height=h′h=−s′s


The object height is localid="1649264664326" h=1.0cm.

The distance lens object islocalid="1649264668623" s=20cm.

The focal length is localid="1649264673679" f=-60cm.

The mirror is convex.

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Step: 2 Finding image distance: (part a) 

From mirror equation is

1s+1s′=1f1s′=1f−1s1s′=s−fsfs′=sfs−fs′=(20cm)×(−60cm)20cm−(−60cm)s′=−15cm.

where negative sign denotes virtual image and behind the mirror is located.

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Step: 3 Finding image height: (part b) 

The lateral magnification lens by

M=h′h=−s′sh′=−hs′sh′=−(1.0cm)×−15cm20cmh′=0.75cm.

The positive sign,

M=−(−15cm)/20cmM=3/4.

shows that image is upright.

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