Answer to Question #176128 in Physics for kmy

Question

Directions: The following represents a concave or convex mirror with focal length f = 3 cm, and radius of

curvature 6 cm. Use ray tracing to determine the characteristics of the image, given the object position.

1.) The object was placed 7 cm in front of the concave mirror.

Answer 1

As we see, the image is real (at the same side as the object) and inverted.

References:

The image is based on the diagram obtained with ophysics.com: https://ophysics.com/l10.html