Question

Magnification produced by a rearview mirror fitted in vehicles -

• A. is less than $1$.
• B. is greater than $1$.
• C. is equal to $1$.
• D. can be greater than, equal to or less than $1$, depending upon the position of the object in front of it.

Answer 1

The correct option is A is less than $1$.

Convex mirrors are used in rearview mirror of vehicles.

Since, convex mirrors give smaller size of image for every position of object, they provide a large field of view.

As the size of image is smaller than the size of object, its magnification is less than $1$.

Hence, option $\left(A\right)$ is the correct answer.