Question

Can the virtual image be obtained on the screen?

Answer 1

Virtual image:

1. A virtual image is created by the apparent intersection of the reflected light rays.
2. A virtual image cannot be obtained on the screen.

Explanation:

1. Illusion is similar to virtual images.
2. The rays meeting to form a virtual image are simply an extension of reflected rays, where the rays never actually meet and thus cannot be obtained on the screen.
3. A virtual image is an upright image that is achieved where the rays seem to diverge.
4. A virtual image is produced by the use of a diverging lens or a convex mirror.
5. A virtual image is found by tracing real rays that emerge from an optical device backward to perceived or apparent origins of ray divergences. As the rays never really converge, a virtual image cannot be projected onto a screen.

So a virtual image cannot be obtained on the screen.