Question

Explain the difference between plane mirror, a concave mirror and a convex mirror with respect to the type and size of the image produced.

Answer 1

Plane mirror:

• The image formed in a plane mirror is virtual and erect.
• And the size of the image produced is same as the size of the object.

Concave mirror:

• The image produced by the concave mirror may be real and inverted or virtual and erect which depends on the position of object with respect to the concave mirror.
• The size of the image obtained from the concave mirror may be magnified, diminished and sometimes of same size of the object which depends on the position of the object placed with respect to the mirror.

Convex mirror:

• The image produced by convex mirror is always virtual and erect.
• And the size of the image produced in convex mirror is always diminished.