a spherical mirror 'A' always form an erect image of an object and another spherical mirror 'B' forms erect as well as inverted image of an object. state with reasons the type of spherical mirror 'A' and 'B' and draw ray diagrams showing formation of images to justify your answer.

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Spherical mirror A is a convex mirror as it form always a virtual image for all position of an object .
Spherical mirror B is a concave mirror as it form real image when the object is placed between infinity and focus and form virtual image if the object is placed between the focus and pole of the concave mirror .

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