Ch24,P13 (9) 9. • Rearview mirror. A mirror on the passenger side of your2car is convex and has a radius of curvature with magnitude18.0 cm. (a) Another car is seen in this side mirror and is 113.0 m behind the mirror. If this car is 1.5 m tall, what is theheight of its image? (b) The mirror has a warning attached thatobjects viewed in it are closer than they appear. Why is this so?

Given : Radius of curvature of a convex lens, R=18 cm =18×10-2 m Focal length of convex…

Rearview mirror. A mirror on the passenger side of your car is convex and has a radius of curvature with magnitude 18.0 cm. (a) Another car is seen in this side mirror and is 13.0 m behind the mirror. If this car is 1.5 m tall, what is the height of its image? (b) The mirror has a warning attached that objects viewed in it are closer than they appear. Why is this so?

Rearview mirror. A mirror on the passenger side of your car is convex and has a radius of curvature with magnitude 18.0 cm. (a) Another car is seen in this side mirror and is 13.0 m behind the mirror. If this car is 1.5 m tall, what is the height of its image? (b) The mirror has a warning attached that objects viewed in it are closer than they appear. Why is this so?

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Chapter25: Geometric Optics

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