Answer to Question #295202 in Optics for Chemistry

Question

When a T. rex pursues a jeep in the movie Jurassic Park, we see a reflected image of the T. rex via a side-view mirror, on which is printed the (then darkly humorous) warning: “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” Is the mirror flat, convex, or concave?

Answer 1

Answer

warning: “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear."

There is the reason objects are closer than they appear in the passenger side view mirror is actually the mirror is convex.