First section of this question A 40 cm tall trolley is placed at u cm from a mirror. The image formed by themirror is an upright image with the height of its image is 80 cm.State the type of mirror and Identify the characteristic of the image. Explain youranswer.Given the radius of curvature of the mirror is 40 cm, by applying theconventional method, prove that the ratio of image distance, v to object distance,u is 1.Should the object were changed to half the height, explain the changes whichwill took place for the mentioned characteristics in the above situation. Justifyyour answer.

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A 40 cm tall trolley is placed at u cm from a mirror. The image formed by the mirror is an upright image with the height of its image is 80 cm. State the type of mirror and Identify the characteristic of the image. Explain your answer.

A 40 cm tall trolley is placed at u cm from a mirror. The image formed by the mirror is an upright image with the height of its image is 80 cm. State the type of mirror and Identify the characteristic of the image. Explain your answer.

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A 40 cm tall trolley is placed at u cm from a mirror. The image formed by the
mirror is an upright image with the height of its image is 80 cm.
State the type of mirror and Identify the characteristic of the image. Explain your
answer.
Given the radius of curvature of the mirror is 40 cm, by applying the
conventional method, prove that the ratio of image distance, v to object distance,
u is 1.
Should the object were changed to half the height, explain the changes which
will took place for the mentioned characteristics in the above situation. Justify
your answer.

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