Lesson: Chapter 5 — Optics

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Question 5

An object is moved from the focus towards the pole of a concave mirror. What happens to the virtual image?

A It gets gradually larger B It gets gradually smaller C It becomes real D It turns upside down

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It gets gradually smaller. Just inside F the image is huge and far behind the mirror; as the object nears the pole the image comes closer and shrinks towards the object's own size.

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