DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

CAMP VICENTE LIM INTEGRATED SCHOOL

ANDREANA AMOR M. GULAY

SHS- Science Teacher
SPOON IMAGES
TYPES OF MIRRORS
• Plain Mirrors
• Spherical Mirrors
✓Concave
✓Convex
 PLAIN MIRRORS
• Object’s size is equal to the image size
and distance.

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SPHERICAL MIRRORS MIRRORS
SPHERICAL MIRRORS MIRRORS
SPHERICAL MIRRORS: PARTS
CENTER OF CURVATURE
(C)
- c enter of the sphere from
which the mirror is sliced.

VERTEX (V)
- point A
- geometric center of the
mirror. It is where the principal
axis meet a point in the
mirror’s surface.
SPHERICAL MIRRORS: PARTS MIRRORS
FOCAL POINT (F)
- Midway between the vertex
and the center of curvature.

RADIUS OF CURVATURE (R)

- Distance from the vertex to
the center of curvature

FOCAL LENGTH
- distance from the mirror to
the focal point
SPHERICAL MIRRORS: IMAGE FORMED
REAL AND VIRTUAL AND UPRIGHT
INVERTED
SPHERICAL MIRRORS: IMAGE FORMED
VIRTUAL IMAGE
- image is called virtual because the light does not really come from the
position of the image.
- can only be seen by looking in the mirror, not projected.
Virtual images is always UPRIGHT.

REAL IMAGE
- image that is actually made by the objects converging rays.
- Image is projected
Real images is always INVERTED
PLAIN MIRRORS
• Virtual and upright
• Same size and exact replica
SPHERICAL MIRRORS: IMAGE FORMED
CONVEX MIRROR
IMAGE FORMED:
• Diverging focal
length
• Field of view is
wider
• UPRIGHT
• VIRTUAL
• SMALLER IMAGE
CONVEX MIRROR
 CONCAVE MIRROR
IMAGE FORMED:
• Converging focal
length
• As moved closer to
the mirror, the
image distance
increases, image’s
height also
increases
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CONCAVE MIRROR

If is outside the focal length, image

formed is REAL and INVERTED
CONCAVE MIRROR

If is within the focal length, image formed is

Virtual and UPRIGHT, also MAGNIFIED.
If exactly at focal point, there is NO IMAGE
FORMED.
CONCAVE MIRROR
1.A 3cm tall object is 20cm
from a 16 cm radius concave
mirror. Determine the image
position and image height.
1.Suppose a 200 mm focal length telephoto lens is
being used to photograph mountains 10.0 km
away. (a) Where is the image? (b) What is the
height of the image of a 1000 m high cliff on one
of the mountains?
1.A plano-convex lens has a focal
length of 30cm. What is the radius of
the convex surface if its index of
refraction is 1.55?
1.The convex surface of a meniscus lens
has radius of curvature of 25cm while the
concave surface has radius of curvature
of 15cm. What is its focal length of the
lens if the index of refraction is 1.52?
ACTIVITY-SEATWORK
1.Penny wishes to take a picture of her image in a
plane mirror. If the camera is 1.2m in front of the
mirror, at what distance should the camera lens be
focused?
2.A production line inspector wants a mirror that
produces an upright image with a magnification of
7.5 when it is located 14.0 mm from a machine part.
a) What kind of mirror would do this job?
b) What is the radius of curvature?
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3. A dentist uses a small mirror of radius 40mm to
locate a cavity in a patient’s tooth. The mirror is
concave and held 16mm from the tooth.
a) What is the magnification of the image?
b) What is the mirror’s focal length?
c) What is the distance of the image from the mirror?
d) Is the image real or virtual?
e) Is the image upright or inverted?
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4.A convex mirror is placed on the ceiling at the
intersection of two hallways. If a person stands
directly underneath the mirror, the person's shoe is
a distance of 195 cm from the mirror. The mirror
forms an image of the shoe appearing 12.8cm
behind the mirror's surface.
a) What is the mirror’s focal length?
b) What is the magnification of the image?
c) Is the image real or virtual?
d) Is the image upright or inverted?
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5. Concave mirrors can be used as for shaving or
applying make up. The face must be inside the
focus. You hold a concave mirror, with a focal
length of 40 cm, about 30 cm from your face.
a)Where is your image located?
b) How much bigger than your face is the
image?