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Refraction and the Ray Model of Light
Refraction at a Boundary Boundary Behavior A wave doesn't just stop when it reaches the end of the…
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The Mirror Equation – Convex Mirrors
Ray diagrams can be used to determine the image location, size, orientation and type of…
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Image Characteristics for Convex Mirrors
Previously ray diagrams were constructed in order to determine the location, size, orientation, and type of…
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Ray Diagrams – Convex Mirrors
In the first section of Lesson 4, we learned that light is reflected by convex mirrors…
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Convex Mirrors
Reflection and Image Formation for Convex Mirrors Lesson 3 focused on the reflection of light by…
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Spherical Aberration
Aberration - a departure from the expected or proper course. (Webster's Dictionary) Spherical mirrors have an…
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The Mirror Equation – Concave Mirrors
Ray diagrams can be used to determine the image location, size, orientation and type of…
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Image Characteristics for Concave Mirrors
Previously in Lesson 3, ray diagrams were constructed in order to determine the general location,…
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Ray Diagrams – Concave Mirrors
The theme of this unit has been that we see an object because light from…
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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…