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Standard IX
Physics
Lens Formula and Magnification
Linear magnif...
Question
Linear magnification of a mirror has no units.
A
True
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False
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Solution
The correct option is
A
True
Linear magnification
m
=
-
v
u
, where u is object
distance from the mirror pole and v is
image distance from the mirror pole
As both v and u have units of distance, linear magnification is unitless.
Hence the statement is true.
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