Question

The magnification produced by a spherical mirror is -0.5. The image formed by the mirror is?

• A. real. inverted and diminished
• B. real, inverted and enlarged
• C. virtual, erect and diminished
• D. virtual, erect and enlarged

Answer 1

Answer:

A. real. inverted and diminished

• A negative magnification indicates a real and inverted image, and a value less than1 indicates it is diminished.

• If the magnification is positive the image formed is erect and virtual and if it is negative the image formed is real and inverted.

• Here the magnification is -1.38 which is less than 1 so the image is diminished and enlarged , as the value is negative the image formed is real and inverted.