A solar cooker, really a concave mirror pointed at the Sun, focuses the Sun's rays 13.8 cm in front of the mirror. Part A What i

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A solar cooker, really a concave mirror pointed at the Sun, focuses the Sun's rays 13.8 cm in front of the mirror. Part A What i

s the radius of the spherical surface from which the mirror was made?

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shepuryov [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-15T14:59:41+03:00

From the concept of optics on a curvature of a spherical mirror, the proportion for which the focal length is equivalent to half the radius of curvature is fulfilled. Mathematically this is

$f = \frac{R}{2}$

Here,

f = Focal Length

R = Radius

Rearranging to find the radius we have,

$R = 2f$

Replacing with our values,

R = 2(13.8cm)

R = 27.6cm

Therefore the radius of the spherical surface from which the mirror was made is 27.6cm