Images Produced by Curved Mirrors
Concave mirror: two different type of image
- for an object at large distance: inverted and reduced in size (real image)
- if the object is between C and the mirror: magnified, erect image (virtual image)
essential difference between real and virtual images: whether the light actually comes from the image location or only appears to come from there
- real image can be projected on a screen
- virtual images cannot be projected on a screen
Convex mirror: always form reduced size and erect virtual image