1. CHAPTER 5
LIGHT
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2. Learning Objectives:
5.1 Understanding the Reflection of Light.
Learning Outcomes:
A student should able to:
Draw the ray diagrams to show the position
and characteristics of the image formed by a
concave and convex mirror.

3. Position of object
Focal Point
C F P F
Principal Axis
Centre of Curvature
Centre of Curvature Focal Point concave Axis
Principal
mirror

4. POSITION OF OBJECT
CONCAVE CONVEX
MIRROR MIRROR
1 OP > FP 4 OP < FP
2 OP > CP 5 OP > CP
3 OP < FP 6 OP > FP

5. CONCAVE
MIRROR

6. CONVEX
MIRROR

7. Characteristics
1 of the image :
1. Real
2. Inverted
3. Enlarged
C object F P principal axis
image
concave mirror

8. Characteristics of the image :
2 1. Real
2. Inverted
3. Smaller than object
object C P principal axis
F
image
concave mirror

9. Characteristics of the image :
3 1. Virtual
2. Upright
3. Enlarged
image
C F object P principal axis
concave mirror

10. Characteristics of the image :
4 1. Virtual
2. Upright
3. Diminished
principal axis object P image F C
convex mirror

11. Characteristics of the image :
5
1. Virtual
2. Upright
3. Diminished
object principal axis P image F C
convex mirror

12. Characteristics of the image :
6
1. Virtual
2. Upright
3. Diminished
object
principal axis P image F C
convex mirror

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