1. Converging Mirrors

2. Concave or Converging Mirrors
Ex. Inside of a spoon

3. 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

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

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

7. 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

9. Assignment
Ray Diagrams