EXPERIMENT 402: PLANE AND SPHERICAL MIRROR

Name

Group
No.
Seat
No.

Revelo, Seth S.

Program/Yea
r
Subject/Sect
ion

EE-3
PHY13L/A3

Date

DATA and RESULTS

I. LAWS OF REFLECTION
Table 1. Laws of Reflection
TRIAL

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE

ANGLE OF REFLECTION

10

10

20

20

30

30

40

40

II. NUMBER OF IMAGES FORMED FROM TWO PLANE MIRRORS

TABLE 2. Number of images
Number of Images Formed, I
Angle Between
Plane Mirrors,
Observed

Calculated

10

26

35

15

19

23

30

10

11

45

60

75

90

TRIAL

4
404
4-30-12

120

EXPERIMENT 402: PLANE AND SPHERICAL MIRROR

Name
Program/Yea
r
Subject/Sect
ion

Group
No.
Seat
No.

Revelo, Seth S.
EE-3
PHY13L/A3

Date

4
404
4-30-12

DATA and RESULTS

III. DETERMNINATION OF FOCAL LENGTH AND RADIUS.

TABLE 3. DETERMINATION OF FOCAL LENGTH AND RADIUS

Type of Mirror

Convex

Concave

Focal length, f

6 cm

6.5 cm

12 cm

13 cm

Actual radius of curvature, R actual

12 cm

12

Percentage Error

0%

8.33 %

Experimental radius of curvature, R

experimental

IV. DETERMINATION OF FOCAL LENGTH WITH VARYING OBJECT AND IMAGE

DISTANCE.

TABLE 4. OBJECT DISTANCE GREATER THAN IMAGE DISTANCE

TRIAL

OBJECT DISTANCE

IMAGE DISTANCE

COMPUTED FOCAL
LENGTH

63 cm

35 cm

22.5 cm

70 cm

35 cm

23.33 cm

71 cm

37 cm

24.32 cm

58 cm

37 cm

22.59 cm

Average focal length

23.19 cm

Actual focal length

24 cm

Percentage of difference

3.43 %

EXPERIMENT 402: PLANE AND SPHERICAL MIRROR

Name
Program/Yea
r
Subject/Sect
ion

Group
No.
Seat
No.

Revelo, Seth S.
EE-3
PHY13L/A3

Date

4
404
4-30-12

DATA and RESULTS

TABLE 5. IMAGE DISTANCE GREATER THAN OBJECT DISTANCE
TRIAL

OBJECT DISTANCE

IMAGE DISTANCE

COMPUTED FOCAL
LENGTH

40 cm

60 cm

24 cm

37 cm

57 cm

22.44 cm

37 cm

67 cm

23.84 cm

36 cm

61 cm

22.64 cm

Average focal length

23.23 cm

Actual focal length

24 cm

Percentage of difference

3.26 %

TABLE 6. OBJECT DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE IMAGE DISTANCE

TRIAL

OBJECT DISTANCE

IMAGE DISTANCE

COMPUTED FOCAL
LENGTH

50 cm

50 cm

25 cm

52 cm

52 cm

26 cm

48 cm

48 cm

24 cm

49 cm

Average focal length

24.89 cm

Actual focal length

24 cm

Percentage of difference

3.64 %

49 cm

24.5 cm

DETERMINATION OF FOCAL LENGTH AND RADIUS

Concave Mirror

f = 5.95 cm, R =
11.9 cm

Convex Mirror

f=5.85 cm,
R=1.7

SAMPLE COMPUTATION
Part II

360
1

360
I=
1
26
I =35
I=

Part III

R
2
12
f=
2
f =6
f=

AV EV
100
AV
1212
error =
100
12
error =0
error =

Part IV

1 1 1
= +
f p q
1 1 1
= +
f 63 35
f =22.5 cm
difference=

difference=

| AV EV |

AV + EV
2

100

|2423.19|

100
24 +23.19
2
difference=3.43
Average focal length :
22.5+23.33+24.32+22.59
Ave=
4
Ave=23.19 cm