An object 3.1 cm high was placed 25 cm from a polished silver sphere with a radius of 11 cm. The image of the object would form -4.5 cm in front of the mirror, have a size of 0.56 cm, and be upright with the same orientation as the object.
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1. An object 3.1 cm high is placed 25 cm from the surface of a polished silver sphere of radius 11
cm. Find the location, size, and orientation of the image.
Location__?
size__?
orientation___?
Solution
A polished silver sphere acts like a covex mirror.
substitute values.
distance of the image is -4.5m.(in front of the mirror)
size of the image is0.56cm.
since hi is positive , the image is upright.