Converging Mirrors

Concave or Converging Mirrors Ex. Inside of a spoon

Rules for Drawing Ray diagrams for curved mirrors Start by drawing the three critical rays; 1. Incident ray that is parallel to the principle axis is reflected through the principle focus

2. an incident ray passing through the principle focus is reflected parallel to the principle axis

3. an incident ray passing through the center of curvature reflects along the same path

Depends on the position of the object Image characteristics Object locationMagnificationAttitudeTypePosition Near infinity<-1InvertedRealAt F Beyond C<-1invertedrealBetween F+C At CinvertedrealAt C Between F+C>-1invertedrealBeyond C Between F+V>-1uprightvirtualBehind mirror At FUndefined (no image)

Assignment Ray Diagrams