Question

State the types of images that convex and concave mirrors create. Describe how each type of image is created.

Answer 1

Answer:

Concave mirror can form real and virtual images both

Convex mirror can form only virtual images

Explanation:

When object is placed beyond center of curvature of concave mirror then its image will form between center of curvature and focus.

This image will be real, inverted and diminished

Now when object is positioned between focus and center of curvature then its image will form beyond focus. So the image is real inverted and magnified.

Now when object is placed between focus and pole of the mirror then the image formed is virtual and behind the mirror. It is magnified image.

Now in case of convex mirror if object is positioned in front of mirror at any possible distance then the image is always virtual and diminished.

Answer 2

Plane mirrors and convex mirrors only produce virtual images. Only a concave mirror is capable of producing a real image and this only occurs if the object is located a distance greater than a focal length from the mirror's surface. And the upright images produced by plane mirrors have the same size as the object.