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Physics 1 PAP
Light
• Light is a transverse wave.
• Light waves are electromagnetic
waves--which means that they do NOT
need a medium to travel.
• Light can behave as a wave or a
particle. We will treat light as a wave
and so it will have the wave
characteristics such as amplitude,
frequency, and wavelength.
Characteristics of Light
• Intensity (brightness) -- represented by
amplitude
• Color -- determined by frequency or
wavelength
• Wave speed - depends on the medium
• Light waves as well as ALL Electromagnetic
waves travel with a speed of 3.0 x 10 8 m/s in
a vacuum.
Characteristics of
Electromagnetic Waves
• Made up of 2 components
– electric field & magnetic field
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Plane (flat)
mirror surface
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magnification formula can be
written as 3 separate equations:
object
Image is
real, closer, image C f
inverted, &
smaller
Ray Diagram
Concave Mirror (object at C)
Image is real, C f
image
inverted, larger,
& farther away
Ray Diagram
Concave Mirror (object inside f)
Draw 2 rays from tip of object: