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State the applications of spherical mirrors

      

State the applications of spherical mirrors

  

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Moraa
Applications of spherical mirrors and curved reflecting surfaces

Concave mirrors
Concave mirrors are used by dentists to magnify teeth during extraction and as a shaving mirror. In both cases,
the mirror forms upright and magnified images. Concave reflectors are also used in projector lamps, solar concentrators and telescopes.

Convex mirror
Convex mirrors can be used in supermarkets to monitor customers’ activities and as driving mirrors in cars and motorcycles. This is because convex mirrors provide a wide field of view compared to a plane mirror.
Wider field of view Narrow field of view

However, a convex mirror used as a driving mirror has one limitation. It forms a virtual diminished image which appears to be further away from the observer than it actually is. This may lead to misjudgment by the observer which can result into accidents.
Moraa orina answered the question on April 8, 2018 at 08:04


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