LESSON 7

GEOMETRIC
OPTICS
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A BRANCH OF OPTICS THAT

DEALS WITH THOSE
PHENOMENA OF
REFLECTION AND
REFRACTION THAT CAN BE
MATHEMATICALLY
DEDUCED FROM SIMPLE
EMPIRICAL LAWS
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PLANE MIRROR

-MOSTLY PRODUCES IMAGE

OF ITS SAME SIZE.

-VIRTUAL,UPRIGHT,
LATERALLY INVERTED, SAME
DISTANCE FROM THE
MIRROR AS THE OBJECT'S
DISTANCE, & THE SAME SIZE
AS THE OBJECT.
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SPHERICAL MIRROR
-CONCAVE AND CONVEX

-CONVEX: VIRTUAL,
UPRIGHT & REDUCED IN SIZE
(IMAGE FORMED)

-CONCAVE: DEPENDS ON
THE POSITION OF THE
OBJECT (IMAGE FORMED)
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CENTER: CENTER OF THE

SPHERE OF WHICH THE
MIRROR IS PART

PRINCIPAL FOCUS: PART

WHERE RAYS MEET OR
DEFLECT

VERTEX: THE POINT

INTERSECTING THE LINE
AND THE MIRROR
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PRINCIPAL AXIS: LINE

DRAWN THROUGH THE
POLE OF THE MIRROR AND
THE CENTER OF
CURVATURE

FOCAL LENGTH: DISTANCE

BETWEEN THE POLE OF
THE MIRROR AND ITS
FOCAL POINT.
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LESSON 7

GEOMETRIC
OPTICS