a concave mirror has radius of curvature of100cm light from a distant star in incident on the mirror the distance of the image of the star from the mirror is

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a concave mirror has radius of curvature of100cm light from a distant star in incident on the mirror the distance of the image of the star from the mirror is

Gayathri 25th Oct, 2019

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Ronak Gala Student Expert 26th Oct, 2019

The rays from the distant star may be considered to be parallel rays. Note that parallel rays converge at the focal point.

(1/u -1/v = 1/f … For a very high value of u, 1/u is negligible, especially given that v =8m is a finite value)

Radius of curvature = 2.f = 16m

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