She knows the speed limit in the area, and also saw the speed you were going on the speedometer. The speed you were going was faster than the limit allowed, so that's how she knew you were going too fast.
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I think its 12 cm itself. Because in the question it is said that the length is same in all temperature
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The problem occurs with all spherical mirrors.
Spherical mirrors are practical up to about inches in diameter.
Reflecting telescopes use spherical mirrors for apertures up to about 4 ".
Larger aperture telescopes use parabolic mirrors to obtain sharp focus.