An object 31 cm high is placed 25 cm from the surface of a p

An object 3.1 cm high is placed 25 cm from the surface of a polished silver sphere of radius 11 cm. Find the location, size, and orientation of the image.

Location__?

size__?

orientation___?

Solution

A polished silver sphere acts like a covex mirror.

substitute values.

distance of the image is -4.5m.(in front of the mirror)

size of the image is0.56cm.

since hi is positive , the image is upright.