Consider the depicted setup consisting of a converging front lens and a mirror.
ID: 1375211 • Letter: C
Question
Consider the depicted setup consisting of a converging front lens and a mirror. The focal points of the lens are indicated by open circles, the center of the mirror by a solid circle. What final image do you get?
Virtual, reduced, inverted
Real, enlarged, inverted
Real, reduced, inverted
Virtual, enlarged, inverted
Real, reduced, erect
Real, enlarged, erect
Virtual, enlarged, erect
Virtual, reduced, erect
Explanation / Answer
The image formed by a plane mirror is errect?, virtual, the same size as the object, and is located as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it. This image acts like a object to the converging front lens. The surface of converging front lens is acts like a diverging lens and the virtaul object is above the focallength distance. Thus, the final image should be Real, Reduced, errect.