A woman stands 2.0 m in front of a convex mirror and notices that her image height is 1/4 of her actual height. Determine the radius of curvature of the mirror choices are: a)25 cm b)18 cm c)10 cm d) 5 cm
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In this case, m = hi/ho = 1/4. Second, we know that the magnification of a mirror is also equal to the negative ratio of the image distance (di) to the object distance (do). In this case, m = -di/do. Setting these two equations equal to each other, we get 1/4 = Show more…
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