6220-3-3P AID:67890 | 18/03/2018

Consider a concave mirror an object placed in between pole and a distance R/2. The
virtual image is formed behind the mirror at Q .
Here to find or determine the mirror equation for an object point at adistance
Less than R/2 from concave mirror of radius of curvature R.
The optical path length is
Lop  OS  SQ

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Consider triangle OSC

OS 2  OC 2  SC 2  2  OC  SC  COS
 2 
OS   r  x   r  2  r  x  r  1  
2 2 2

 2
on solving above equation
1 1 1
OS  x  r 2     2
2 x r

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Now find SQ
SQ 2  QC 2  SC 2  2  QC  SC  COS
 2 
SQ 2   y  r   r 2  2r  y  r  1  
2

 2
On solving above equation
1  1 1
SQ  y  r 2     2
2 y r
Lop  OS  SQ
1 1 1 2
 x  y  r2     2
2 x y r
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For optical path to be extremum

dLop 1 1 2
 0      r2
d x y r
1 1 2
  
x y r
x  u, y  v, r   R
1 1 2
   1
u v R
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Equation 1 is the mirror equation of a concave mirror.Here u = -R/2.

2 1 2
 
R v R
4 1

R v
R
v
4
R
That is the image is formed at a distance
4