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.5. Diagram 4.1 shows the image of a patients teeth seen in a mirror used by a dentist.

DIAGRAM 4.1
(a)

Name the type of the mirror used by the dentist.

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(b)

State the light phenomenon that causes the image of the teeth.

(c)

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State two characteristics of the image formed.
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(d)
In the diagram below, the arrow represents the teeth as the object of the mirror. Complete the ray
diagram by drawing the required rays to locate the position of the image.

[ 3 marks]
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Diagram 7.1 shows two cars, P and Q , travelling in the opposite directions, passing through a sharp band. A mirror is
placed at X .

DIAGAM 7.1
(a)

Diagram 7.2 shows an incomplete ray diagram when a plane mirror is placed at X.

DIAGRAM 7.2

(i)
(ii)

Complete the ray diagram in Diagram 7.2

State the light phenomenon involved in (a)(i).

[2 marks]

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[1 mark]
(iii) Based on your answer in (a)(i), state the problem experienced by the driver in
car P.
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(b)

[1 mark]
Diagram 7.3 shows an incomplete ray diagram when a curve mirror is placed at X to replace the plane mirror in
Diagram 7.2. The curve mirror is used to overcome the problem that occur in (a)(iii).

DAGRAM 7.3
(i)

Give the name of the curve mirror.

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(ii) Complete the ray diagram in Diagram 7.3

(iii) Based on your answer in b(ii), how the curve mirror solved the problem in (a) (iii)?

[1 mark]
[2 marks]

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(c)

[1 mark]
The characteristics of the image formed by the curved mirror in Figure 7.3 is diminished, virtual and upright.
(i)
What happen to the characteristics of the image when the focal length of the curved mirror is increased?
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[1 mark]
(ii)

Give the reason for your answer in (c)(i).

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[1 mark]

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Diagram 2 shows a cross-sectional area of an optical fibre which consist of two layers of glass with different
refractive index. The glass which forms the inner core, Y is surrounded by another type of glass which forms
the outer layer, X.

DIAGRAM 2
(a) (i) Name the light phenomenon observed in optical fibre?
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(ii) Compare the refractive index of outer layer X and inner core Y.
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(b) The refractive index of inner core Y is 2.10. Calculate the critical angle of the inner core Y.
[ 2 marks ]
(c) Name other optical device that applies the phenomenon in (a)(i).
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