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Linear magnification of a mirror has no units.


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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is A True
  1. Linear magnification m=-vu, where u is object distance from the mirror pole and v is image distance from the mirror pole
  2. As both v and u have units of distance, linear magnification is unitless.
  3. Hence the statement is true.

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