Converging Mirrors

Concave or Converging Mirrors Ex. Inside of a spoon

Rules for Drawing Ray diagrams for curved mirrors Start by drawing the three critical rays; Incident ray that is parallel to the principle axis is reflected through the principle focus Rules for Drawing Ray diagrams for curved mirrors

an incident ray passing through the principle focus is reflected parallel to the principle axis

3. an incident ray passing through the center of curvature reflects along the same path

Image characteristics Object location Magnification Attitude Type Position Near infinity <-1 Inverted Real At F Beyond C inverted real Between F+C At C -1 >-1 Between F+V upright virtual Behind mirror Undefined (no image) Image characteristics Depends on the position of the object

Assignment Ray Diagrams