(b) Is the image erect or inverted? (c) What is the focal length of the mirror?

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(b) Is the image erect or inverted?

(c) What is the focal length of the mirror?
________? m (b) Is the image erect or inverted? (c) What is the focal length of the mirror? ________? m Shaving/makeup mirrors typically have one flat and one concave(magnifying) surface. You find that you can project a magnifiedimage of a light bulb onto the wall of your bathroom if you holdthe mirror 1.6 m from the bulb and5.5 m from the wall. (Include the signof each answer.)(a) What is the magnification of the image? _______?

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Given : .               Object distance (u) = 1.6 m .               Image distance (v) = 5.5 m . (a)   Magnification is : .               M = - v / u = - 5.5 / 1.6  = - 3.4375 m . (b) Image is inverted since   M <0 . (c)   We have : .         1 / f  = 1 / u + 1 / v .                 = 1 / 1.6   + 1 / 5.5 .          f      =    1.239 m . Hope this helps u!

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