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lenge Problems
19. What are the nature, size, and location of the image formed when a 6-cm tall object is,
located 15 cm from a spherical concave mirror of focal length 20 cm?
virtual image
= 60.0. em, y= 24.0 cm; virtual, erect, and enlarged.
20. An erect image has a magnification of +0.6. Is the mirror diverging or converging?
What is the object distance if the image distance is 12 cm?
The mirror is diverging since image is diminished, erect, and virtual.
12 em)
Oem
21. An object is located 50 cm from a converging mirror whose radius is 40 cm. What is the
image distance and the magnification?
pf _ (50 cm)20 cm)
p-f 50cm-20cm
33.3 cm, real
=e _=G33em) y= 0.667
P (50 cm)
gq =33.3 em,M=- 0.667; Real, inverted, and diminished.
22. What is the focal length of a diverging mirror if the image of an object located 200 mm.
from the mirror appears to be a distance of 120 mm behind the mirror?
Pq__ (200 mm)(-120 mm) _
2 ‘= -75.0 mm
P+q 200mm - (120 mm)
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A silver ball is 4.0 cm in diameter. Locate the image of a 6-cm object located 9 cm
the surface of the ball. What is the magnification? [R= 4 cm/2=2 cm ]
SF = R/2)=(2 em/2)=-lem; p=9 cm: Virtual ima
pf__@cm1em) [5
pf 9em-Clem)? [27
M=—2 = 8 =m) - [a= +0.100
yp 9.00cm
4. An object 80 mm tall is placed 400 mm in front of a diverging mirror of radius -60
mun. Determine the nature size and location of the image
virtual image
S = ®/2)=C-600 mm/2) = -300 mm
Bf _ (400 mm)-300 mm)
> | q=-171cm|
p-f 400mm - C300 mm)
1 [ham (80 mmy
(400-mm-
434.3 mm.
‘5. An object 10 cm tall is located 20 cm from a spherical mirror. If an erect image 5-c
tall is formed, what is the focal length of the mirror?
¢——Mp = —(0.5)(20 cm); g=-10 cm
pq _ 20 cm)C10 em).
f= -20cm
ptq 20cm+(-10 cm)
16. What is the magnification if the image of an object is located 15 cm from a divergit
mirror of focal length -20 cm? [g¢ =-15 em; f=-20cm]
15 1
15 cma)(-20 em)
60 an
@g—f 15 an —C20cm)
M=+0.250
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-27. An object is placed 200 mm from the vertex of a convex spherical mirror whose radii
is 400 mm. What is the magnification of the mirror?
f= R/2 =-400 mm/2 =-200 mm; _p = 200 mm
__Pq _ (200 mm)-200mm)
4 >—q 200mm - (-200mm)* 100mm
=t- — C100 mm) _
Me i ition:
feerifioation: 200 mm
; [_M=+%
-28. A convex spherical mirror has a radius of -60 cm. How far away should an object be
held if the image is to be one-third the size of the object?
f= R/2 =-60m/2 = -30mm; -M= +1/3
3 p+ f—3f =0;
= -2f=-2¢-30em); | p=60em
-29. What should be the radius of curvature of a convex spherical mirror to produce an im
one-fourth as large as the object which is located 40 in. from the mirror?
pe Alf
p-fi 4 Win-f'
~40 in.
3 | f=-26.7 in.
-30. A convex mirror has a focal length of -500 mm. If an object is placed 400 mm from
vertex, what is the magnification?
= (400 mm)(-500 mm) _ 459 wm, M=—2 == mm) a 0.556
400 mm - (-500 mm) p 400mm
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31. A spherical mirror forms a real image 18 em from the surface. The image is twice a
large as the object. Find the location of the object and the focal length of the mirror
Since the image is real and enlarged, we draw as shown:
Note: q=1$ em, M=-2 (imverted) c
p=9.00 em F
~Cemei8em) Fig ooem
9 cm +(-18 cm)”
32. A certain mirror placed 2 m from an abject produces an erect image enlarged three
times. Is the mirror diverging or converging? What is the radius of the mirror?
An erect, enlarged image is consistent
only for converging mirrors.
M=—2=43; qg=-3p--32m); qg=-6.00m
P
f = +3.00 em, converging
33. The magnification of a mirror is —0.333. Where is the object located if its image is
formed on a card 540 mm from the mirror? What is the focal length?
M=-=4~333, p-_¢_- 00m,
P 0.333 0.333
f- (1.62 m)(0.540 m) F= +405
Ptq 162m+0540m
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34. What should be the radius of curvature of a concave mirror to produce an image one-
fourth as large as an object 50 em away from the mirror?
The magnification must be negative if image is diminished by concave mirror:
Ma22--1, g-2-@O): [Ge 15am
P 4 4 4
= Pa _SOem\I25em) dem
“p+q SOcm+12.5cm*
35. A spherical shaving mirror as a magnification of +2.5 when an object is located 15 cm
from the surface. What is the focal length of the mirror?
M=—2=425; q=-2.5(15 em); c
P
q=-37.5em
_pq__ OS em\(-37.5 em),
f- p+q 15em+(-37.5cm)
= +25.0 cm, converging