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Two Rules of Reflection for Concave Mirrors
Light always reflects according to the law of reflection, regardless of whether the reflection occurs off…
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Reflection of Light and Image Formation
Light always follows the law of reflection, whether the reflection occurs off a curved surface or…
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Concave Mirrors
The Anatomy of a Curved Mirror Thus far in this unit, our focus has been…
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Other Multiple Mirror Systems
Besides right angle mirror systems, there is a wealth of other multiple mirror systems that…
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Right Angle Mirrors
Thus far we have focused on the images formed by a single plane mirror. Occasionally,…
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What Portion of a Mirror is Required?
In the previous part of this lesson, the use of ray diagrams were introduced and illustrated.…
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Ray Diagrams
The line of sight principle suggests that in order to view an image of an object in…
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Image Characteristics
As discussed in the previous section of Lesson 2, an image location is the location in space where…
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Image Formation in Plane Mirrors
Why is an Image Formed? In Lesson 1 of this unit of the Physics Classroom Tutorial, the…
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Specular vs. Diffuse Reflection
It was mentioned earlier in this lesson that light reflects off surfaces in a very predictable manner…