A driving mirror on a car is never concave because :

its field of view is too small.

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the image would be inverted.

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the image would be virtual and therefore useless for the driver.

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only a plane mirror forms true images.

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The correct option is A its field of view is too small.
Concave mirrors form an real and inverted image due to which the objects would appear to be inverted,hence are not taken into use for vehicles . And also conave mirrors cover a much lesser field of view

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A driving mirror on a car is never concave because :

The correct option is A its field of view is too small.Concave mirrors form an real and inverted image due to which the objects would appear to be inverted,hence are not taken into use for vehicles . And also conave mirrors cover a much lesser field of view

The correct option is A its field of view is too small.
Concave mirrors form an real and inverted image due to which the objects would appear to be inverted,hence are not taken into use for vehicles . And also conave mirrors cover a much lesser field of view