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Definitions
Light is a kind of energy which produces the sensation of vision on eyes. The light itself is invisible.
Ray: A directed line segment which is used to describe the direction of propagation of light, that is, the
direction in which light is traveling is called a ray.
Beam: A beam of light is a bunch of light rays. It may be convergent, divergent or parallel.
1. A convergent beam is that in which the rays are directed towards a point.
2. A divergent beam is that in which the light rays are directed away from a point.
3. In a parallel beam of light, all the rays are parallel to each other.
Reflection:
Whenever light travels from one medium to the other medium, at the boundary a part of the light beam is
returned back into the previous medium
Returning of light rays into the previous medium is called reflection.
Laws of reflection:
There are two laws of reflection
(i) Incident ray, reflected ray and normal to the point of incidence, all lie in same plane.
(ii) Angle of incidence i, is equal to the angle of reflection r. Both angles are measured with the normal to
the point of incidence.
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Mirror: If reflecting surface reflects maximum portion of light falling on it, then the surface is called a
mirror.
Plane Mirror:
If reflecting surface is a plane, that is its radius of curvature is infinite and it behaves like a mirror, then it is
called a plane mirror.
If reflected rays are divergent that is they do not meet actually, rather they appear to come from a point,
that point is called virtual image. A virtual image is always fromed behind the mirror.
The image is laterally inverted. i.e. if you stand in front of a plane mirror,
your left hand becomes right hand of your image.
The magnification is unity, that size of the image is equal to the size of
the object.
When the plane mirror is rotated through an angle , the reflected ray object Laterally
turns through double the angle, i.e. 2. Inverted
image
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Solution: To locate the position of the image, we need at least two incident rays and their
corresponding reflected rays. Consider the figure, for the sake of simplicity we take two
incident rays PQ normal to the mirror and PO incident at 450. According to the laws of
reflection reflected rays corresponding to PQ retraces that path as angle of incidence is
zero. The reflected ray corresponding to PO makes an angle of 450 with the normal to
the mirror (here with the x-axis) when we extend these two reflected rays, they meet at P
behind the mirror.
Illustration 2: Two plane mirrors M1 and M2 are inclined to each other as shown in the figure. A ray of
light parallel to M2 is incident on the M1. After two reflections one at each mirror it
becomes parallel to M1. Determine the angle between the two mirrors.
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Solution: (a) Rays enter the eye from the feet and the top of the a/2 i A
head after reflection at the mirror, as shown in the a/2 i
figure. We know that the angle of incidence is b/2
equal to the angle of reflection. Light from the feet r
reaches the eye after reflection at point B, which is r B
b/2
b/2 above the floor. Light from the top of the head
reaches the eye after reflection at point A, located
a/2 below the top of the head. The person’s total height is a + b, and the required
length of mirror is a/2 + b/2, which is 50% of the full height of the person.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, the bottom of the mirror must be at a height b/2.
Spherical mirrors
If mirror is a portion of a sphere, then it is known as spherical mirror.
P F C C F P
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Centre of curvature: It is the centre of the sphere of which the mirror is a part.
Radius of curvature: It is the radius of the sphere of which the mirror is a part.
Principal axis: (For a spherical mirror) It is the straight line joining the centre of curvature to the pole.
Focus: When a narrow beam of rays of light, parallel to the principal axis and close to it, is incident on
the surface of a mirror, the reflected beam is found to converge to or appear to diverge from a point on
the principal axis. This point is known as focus of the mirror.
Focal length: (For a mirror) it is the distance between pole and the focus.
Paraxial approximation
In all the mirrors, an approximation is made that the aperture (size) of the mirror is small compared to its
radius of curvature. Thus, most of the incident rays are nearly parallel to the principal axis.
Ray tracing: In geometrical optics, to locate the image of an object, tracing of a ray as it reflects, is
very important.
Concave Convex
1. A ray going through centre of curvature is
reflected back along the same direction.
(As it is normal to the mirror). C
C
Sign convention
There are several sign-conventions. Students should try to follow any one of these. In this package, the
new Cartesian Sign Convention has been used wherever required.
(i) All distances are measured from the pole P. Incident Ray
(ii) Distances measured along the direction of incident rays are taken as positive. +ve
(iii) Distances measured along a direction opposite to the incident rays are taken -ve
P
as negative.
(iv) Distances above the principal axis are positive.
(v) Distances below the principal axis are negative. Mirror / Lens
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For a Concave mirror positions of image and its nature for different positions of real object are
given in the following table.
S. No. Position of object Position of image Nature of image Magnification
For a real object image formed by the Convex mirror lies behind the mirror between P and f, and it
is erect and diminished
Mirror formula
Mirror formula gives the mathematical relation between object distance image distance and focal length of
a mirror. If object distance image distance and focal length are represented by u, v and f respectively,
then
1 1 1
f v u
Note: In this equation u, v and f must be placed with proper sign. In our domain of syllabus f = R/2, where
R is the radius of curvature of the mirror.
Magnification
Magnification formula describes the relation between sizes of object and its image.
Transverse Magnification
image height
Transverse magnification is defined as m = - v/u =
object height
Note: v and u must be placed with proper sign
Illustration 5: A line object of length 4 mm is placed in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature
20 cm. at a distance of 15 cm from the mirror. The length of object is perpendicular to
the principal axis and its one end lies on the principal axis. Calculate the height of the
image.
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Negative sign indicates that image is formed in front of the mirror and hence real. To find
the height of the image we will use the concept of transverse magnification
himage v
hobject u
himage 30cm
4mm 15cm
himage = 8 mm
Here negative sign indicates that image is inverted.
Illustration 6: When an object is at two different positions whose distances are u1 and u2 from the
poles of a concave mirror, images of the same size are formed. Find the focal length of
the mirror.
Solution: One image will be real and the other will be virtual. Since they are of the same size, one
will have magnification m and the other m.
v
m = 1 so v 1 = mu1
u1
1 1 1
so from mirror formula,
u1 u1m f
1 1 1
or 1 …(1)
u1 m f
v2
In the second situation, m =
u2
1 1 1
and
u2 u2m f
1 1 1
or 1 …(2)
u2 m f
From equation (1) and (2)
u1 u2
2
f f
u u2 u u2
1 2 or f 1 .
f 2
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SOLVED PROBLEMS
Problem 1: A ray of light is incident on a plane reflecting surface at an angle of 30 to its normal.
(a) Find the deviation in the incident ray.
(b) What will be the deviation if the ray suffers a reflection again at a surface inclined at
60 to the first surface?
Solution: (a) The ray AB is incident on the first mirror M1 at an angle of incidence of 30 as shown
in the figure. After reflection, the reflected ray is along BC which also makes an angle
of reflection 30 with the normal.
Deviation in the incident ray AB, D1 = DBO + ODC = 60 + 60 = 120
Problem 2: A soldier directs a laser beam on an enemy by reflecting the beam from a mirror. If the
mirror is rotated by an angle , by what angle will the reflected beam rotate?
Solution: Let M1OM2 be the initial position of the mirror. ON is the normal to the initial mirror
position M1OM2. The mirror is rotated through an angle to the position M1OM2 . Now
ON is the new normal to the new mirror position M1OM2. PO is the incident light. OQ
was the initial reflected ray and OQ is
the reflected ray after rotating the mirror by angle . If N Q’
N
i = initial incidence angle, then POQ 2i and P Q
POQ' PON' N'OQ (i ) (i ) 2i 2
M2
The reflected beam rotates through an angle 2. M1
O M2
M1
Problem 3: The sun (diameter D) subtends an angle of radians at the pole of a concave mirror of
focal length f. Calculate the diameter of the image of the sun formed by the mirror.
q=f q
If the diameter of the image be d,
f
d/2 d
d = (2) q
q 2
Putting 2 = and q = f, we obtain d = f
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Problem 4: When an object is placed at a distance of 0.60 m from a convex spherical mirror, the
1
magnification produced is . Where should the object be placed to get magnification of
2
1
?
3
1 1 1
Solution: From mirror formula, . . . (i)
v u f
v
Magnification m = . . . (ii)
u
f
From both the equation, m =
u f
1 f
In the first situation, (because u = 0.6m)
2 f 0.60
f = + 0.60 m
1 0.60
In the second situation
3 0.60 u
0.60 – u = 1.80 u = 1.20 m
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ASSIGNMENTS
1. (i) A ray of light falls on a plane mirror, show that if the mirror is tilted
through an angle , as shown in the figure, the reflected ray tilts through an
angle 2.
(ii) What is the magnification produced by a plane mirror?
(iii) Prove that the size of the image formed by a plane mirror is equal to
that of the object.
M2
2. By what angle should M2 be rotated, so that the light
ray after reflection from both the mirrors become 25
horizontal.
40
M1
Y
3. An object P is placed in front of a plane mirror at a
distance of 10 cm along line PX as shown in the figure.
What is the perpendicular distance of the image of p from 10cm
X
the mirror? P
30
O
4. Two mirrors M1 and M2 are placed with one edge together such that angle between them is 60° a
point object O is placed on the bisector of the angle between the mirrors at a distance of 10 cm
from the common edge. Calculate the distance between the images formed by the two mirrors.
5. Find the angle between two flat mirrors positioned such that a beam
of light incident on one of the mirrors at an arbitrary angle with a
plane that is perpendicular to the mirror surface on reflection from
both mirror surface it becomes parallel to incident beam but in
opposite direction.
6. The adjacent figure shows two plane mirrors parallel to each other and
an object O placed between them. Then, find the distance of first three 5 cm
images from the mirror M2 (in cm) O
15 cm
cm
M1 M2
23m B
7. Two plane mirrors A and B are aligned parallel to each other,
as shown in the figure. A light ray is incident at an angle 30 at
a point just inside one end of A. The plane of incidence
0.2m 30
coincides with the plane of the figure. Calculate the maximum
number of times the ray undergoes reflections (including the
first one) before it emerges out.
A
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10. An object 5 cm high is placed 20 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. At what
distance from the mirror, should a screen be placed to obtain a sharp image?
11. A man uses a concave mirror for shaving. He keeps his face at a distance of 25 cm from the
mirror and gets an image which is 1.4 times enlarged. Find the focal length of the mirror.
12. A particle goes in a circle of radius 2.0 cm. A concave mirror of focal length 20 cm is placed with
its principle axis passing through the centre of the circle and perpendicular to its plane. The
distance between the pole of the mirror and the centre of the circle is 30 cm. Calculate the radius
of the circle formed by the image.
13. A concave mirror produces three times magnified real image of an object placed at 10cm in front
of it. Find the position of image from the pole of mirror.
14. An object is placed at 18cm in front of a spherical mirror. If the diminished image is formed at 4cm
to the right of the mirror. Find focal length of mirror and nature of mirror. Also find the nature of
image.
30cm
16. The image formed by a convex mirror of focal length 0.30 m is a quarter of the object. What is the
distance of the object from the mirror?
30cm
40cm
18. An object is moving with speed 20 cm/s along principle axis of concave mirror of radius of
curvature 20 cm towards the pole. Find the speed of image in cm/s when object is at 30 cm from
the pole of mirror.
19. A convex mirror of focal length f produces an image half of the size of the object. Find the
distance of the object from the mirror.
20. An object is kept in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. the image formed is three
times the size of object. Calculate two possible distance of the object from the mirror.
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23. An object is placed 0.05 m in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 0.15 m. Determine
the position of the image.
24. A man uses a concave mirror for shaving. He keeps his face at a distance of 25 cm from the
mirror and gets an image which is 1.4 times enlarged. Find the focal length of the mirror.
25 Find the distance of an object from a concave mirror of focal length 10cm so that the image size
is four times the size of the object.
26. A spherical mirror is to be used to form on a screen 5.0m from an object an image 5 times the
size of the object. (a) What type of mirror is required? (b) What is its focal length? (c) What should
be the separation between the mirror and the object?
28. Find the co-ordinate of final image in each case after two Y F=20cm
reflection, one at each mirror (focal length of the concave P
mirror is 20cm and all other values are shown.) 2mm
Case I: Ist reflection on spherical mirror O X
Case II: Ist reflection on plane mirror 40cm 10cm
Hint: Image due to first reflection will be the object for the second reflection. For each reflection
sign convention must be used.
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ANSWERS TO ASSIGNMENTS
1. (ii) +1
2. 95 clockwise. OR 50 anticlockwise
3. 5 cm
4. 10 3 cm
5. 900
6. 5, 25, 35
7. 30
8. 180 2r
9. 60 cm from the mirror on the side of the object
10. 8.57 cm
11. 87.5 cm
12. 4.0 cm
13. 30cm in front of the mirror.
14. 5.14 cm, convex mirror, erect and virtual image.
15. 5cm
16. 0.9 m
17. 48 cm2
18. 5
19. f
20. 20 cm, 10 cm
21. 2 f, 4 f
22. (a) 50 cm (b) 10 cm from the diverging mirror farther from the converging mirror
23. 0.15 m
24. 87.5 cm
25. 12.5 cm (for real image), 7.5 cm (for virtual image)
25
26. (a) concave (b) f m (c) 1.25m
24
27. X = 24cm, Y = 0.72 mm
28. Case I: X = 76cm, Y = – 1.2 mm
Case II:X = 20cm, Y = 6 mm
29. (i) 48cm (ii) 20cm
30. 20cm towards left of the P2.
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