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

Areal. inverted and diminished

Breal, inverted and enlarged

Cvirtual, erect and diminished

Dvirtual, erect and enlarged

Answer:

A. real. inverted and diminished

Read Explanation:

  • 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.

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