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What does the size of the mirror do to the image we see?

What does the size of the mirror do to the image we see?

Reflection from a Concave Mirror The image is real light rays actually focus at the image location). As the object moves towards the mirror the image location moves further away from the mirror and the image size grows (but the image is still inverted). When the object is that the focal point, the image is at infinity.

How does the shape of the mirror change the nature of the image?

The shape of a spherical mirror affects the image that is reflected. Light striking near the edge of the mirror does not focus at the exact same spot as light striking nearer to the center. This results in what is called spherical aberration.

Do small mirrors always form virtual images?

Small mirrors always form a virtual image.

What is the nature of image and the mirror?

Image formed by a plane mirror is virtual, erect, same size as of object and laterally inverted. Also, image distance(distance between image and mirror) equals the object distance(distance between object and mirror) for a plane mirror.

Does a mirror reflect your true size?

It does not matter how far away you stand from a mirror; your reflection will still show the same amount of your body. The size of your image in the mirror is half the size you are in real life!

Why do things look bigger in the mirror?

Like spherical convex mirrors, spherical concave mirrors have a focus. If the object is closer to the mirror than the focal point is, the image will be virtual, like we talked about before for the plane mirror and the convex mirror. But as you bring the spoon closer to your eyes, the image will get bigger and bigger.

Does the size of the image in a plane mirror change as the object moves away from the mirror?

You will find that the size of the image neither increases nor decreases in size. However, as you move your hand away from the mirror, the image also moves away. The image is at the same distance behind the mirror as the object (here your hand is the object) in front of it.

What is the nature of the mirror?

So the nature of the mirror is concave mirror.

What is the nature of image format?

An image file format may store data in an uncompressed format, a compressed format (which may be lossless or lossy), or a vector format. Image files are composed of digital data in one of these formats so that the data can be rasterized for use on a computer display or printer.