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In the given mirror

C - centre of the sphere to which the mirror is part of

F - focus of the mirror

P - pole of mirror

A - point on mirror

D - point on principal axis.

If a ray of light starts from C and is incident on A from which point will the reflected ray pass through


A

D

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B

P

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C

C

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F

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Solution

The correct option is C

C


'CA' will fall normal to the concave mirror. So by laws of reflection, the angle of incidence is 0 and so the angle of reflection will be 0. Hence the ray will retrace its path and pass through C (center of curvature).


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