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Mirror formula and magnification

               Mirror formula:-
               It gives the relationship between image distance (v) , object distance (u) and the
               focal length (f) of the mirror and is written as
               1v+1u=1f1v+1u=1f
               Where v is the distance of image from the mirror, u is the distance of object from the
               mirror and f is the focal length of the mirror. This formula is valid in all situations for
               all spherical mirrors for all positions of the object.

               Magnification
               Magnification produced by a spherical mirror gives the relative extent to which the
               image of an object is magnified with respect to the object size. It is expressed as the
               ratio of the height of the image to the height of the object. It is usually represented by





               the letter m. So,
               The magnification m is also related to the object distance (u) and image
               distance (v) and is given as
               m=h1/h2=−v/u


















































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