A ___ mirror is used as a rear view mirror of a vehicle.

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The convex mirror is also known as diverging mirror because it diverges the incident rays of light to form small and erect images of many objects at one time.
Thus, a convex mirror is used as a rearview mirror of a vehicle.

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