Question

When you look at the backside of a shiny teaspoon held at arm's length, do you see yourself upright or upside down? (b) When you look at the other side of the spoon, do you see yourself upright or upside down? Assume in both cases that the distance between you and the spoon is greater than the focal length of the spoon.

Answer 1

Answer:

a) The back spoon gives a right image (upright)

b) the front gives an inverted image

Explanation:

The spoon is a curved metallic object, when we see ourselves from the back we have a convex mirror, in this type of mirror when the law of reflection is applied the rays diverge therefore the eye-brain system forms the image with the prolongation of the rays, therefore the image is straight and smaller than the object.

When we look through the deep side of the spoon, we have a concave mirror and as the object (we) is further away than the distance, the rays converge to a point, so the image is real, inverted smaller than the object.

In summary.

a) The back spoon gives a right image (upright)

b) the front gives an inverted image