Question
Mama saw her face on the outer surface of a stainless-steel spoon. The image was of the same orientation as her face. What is the nature of the image?
- Real and inverted
- Virtual and upright
- Real and upright
- Virtual and inverted
Hint:
The back of the spoon acts as a convex mirror.
The correct answer is: Virtual and upright
- When we look at the back of the spoon, we get an upright image of ourselves as the reflective curved surface of the metal acts like a diverging mirror/convex mirror. A convex mirror always forms a virtual and upright image.
- When we look at the back of the spoon, we get an upright image of ourselves as the reflective curved surface of the metal acts like a diverging mirror/convex mirror. A convex mirror always forms a virtual and upright image.
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