Curved Mirror Problems
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1) A 5 centimeter statue is place 15 centimeters in front of a concave mirror with a focal length of
10 centimeters.
a. Draw a ray diagram of this situation.
b. What is the image distance?
c. What is the magnification of the mirror?
d. Find the height of the image.
2) A cricket is 2.5 centimeters tall. It is 5 centimeters away from a concave mirror that has a focal
length of 10 centimeters.
a. Draw a ray diagram of this situation.
b. What is the image distance?
c. What is the magnification of the mirror?
d. Find the height of the image.
3) A man is 1.8 meters tall. He is standing 2.5 meters in front of a mirror that has a focal length of 1
meter.
a. Draw a ray diagram of this situation.
b. What is the image distance?
c. What is the magnification of the mirror?
d. Find the height of the image.
4) A convex mirror has a center of curvature of -30 centimeters. An object is placed 25 centimeters
in front of the mirror. The object is 10 centimeters tall.
a. Draw a ray diagram of this situation.
b. What is the image distance?
c. What is the magnification of the mirror?
d. Find the height of the image.
5) A mirror has a magnification of -2.5. If an object is 16 centimeters tall, how tall is its image? Is it
upright or inverted?
6) A mirror has a toy placed 18 centimeters in front of it. The image appears 10 centimeters behind
the mirror. If this is a convex mirror, what is the focal length? What is the center of curvature?
7) In a department store, a mirror used to watch for shoplifters has a focal length of –50.0 cm. A
person who is 1.7 meters tall stands in an aisle 4.0m from the mirror.
a. What type of mirror is this?
b. Where is the person’s image located?
c. What is the magnification of the mirror?
d. What is the height of the person’s image?