Questions about the different type of lenses and mirrors and their properties

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Homework Statement:
Would it be possible for someone to breakdown the different type of lenses and mirrors and their properties like distance of object, distance of image, magnification, type of image (real/virtual, upright/inverted, magnified/reduced), and maybe like a diagram of some sort for the types of images produced at different distances from the mirror or lens (like form the focal point or radius of curvature). I think it would really help. I am just having trouble drawing out the images and diagrams.
Relevant Equations:
Thin Lens Equation
Magnification Equation
Here is what I have:
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One thing that helps is to realize that concave mirrors act the same as convex lenses; the difference being that the images are on opposite sides of them.

Same holds for convex mirrors and concave lenses.
 
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Thank you this really helps.
 
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