Answer to Question #294948 in Optics for Chemistry

Question

The bottom of the passenger-side mirror on your car notes, “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” Is this true? Why?

Answer 1

Solution

Yes this is true that, The bottom of the passenger-side mirror on your car notes, “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.”

According to concepts if optics,

A convex mirror arranged on the passenger side which reduces the driver's blind spots on that side of the vehicle by presenting a wider field of view.