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Tom Petty
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I'm really bad at physics and am quite lost on a homework assignment of mine. Any help that I can get would be fantastic, thanks.
A concave mirror has a radius of curvature of 60 cm. Calculate the image position and magnification of an object placed in front of the mirror at distances of (a) 90 cm and (b) 20 cm. (c) Draw ray diagrams to obtain the image in each case.
Not sure of any relevant equations.
I actually don't know much about this particular subject but in my attempt to draw some ray diagrams I assumed the real image would be magnified as smaller than the object. Also I think that the image is directly behind the lens the same distance as the object is in front of the mirror. So for example for a. the image would be 90 cm behind the lens. I don't really want answers so much as I would like to see if I'm doing something wrong, because I feel that I am.
Homework Statement
A concave mirror has a radius of curvature of 60 cm. Calculate the image position and magnification of an object placed in front of the mirror at distances of (a) 90 cm and (b) 20 cm. (c) Draw ray diagrams to obtain the image in each case.
Homework Equations
Not sure of any relevant equations.
The Attempt at a Solution
I actually don't know much about this particular subject but in my attempt to draw some ray diagrams I assumed the real image would be magnified as smaller than the object. Also I think that the image is directly behind the lens the same distance as the object is in front of the mirror. So for example for a. the image would be 90 cm behind the lens. I don't really want answers so much as I would like to see if I'm doing something wrong, because I feel that I am.