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Question

Concave mirrors are used as a shaving mirror because ____.

  1. It can form all kinds of images
  2. It forms a virtual, upright and magnified image of an object placed close to it
  3. It forms a real, inverted and magnified image on a screen
  4. It forms a real, inverted and diminished image on a screen

hintHint:

It forms magnified image close to it.

The correct answer is: It forms a virtual, upright and magnified image of an object placed close to it


    • Because when the face is placed close to a concave mirror (at its focus) the concave mirror produces a virtual, magnified and erect image of the face.
    • So, the correct option is b.

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