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Spherical Mirrors
Physics · Chapter 7 · Theme 5: Light Energy
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- Concave and convex mirrors; reflecting surface of each; uses of curved mirrors
- Terms: pole, principal axis, centre of curvature, radius of curvature, focus and focal length
- Real and virtual images
- Rules for drawing ray diagrams for spherical mirrors
- Ray diagrams for real images formed by a concave mirror and their characteristics