One of the following does not apply to a concave mirror. This is : (a) focal length is negative (b) image distance can be positive or negative (c) image distance is always positive (d) height of image can be positive or negative

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For a concave mirror, image distance is not always positive. Hence (c) option doesn't apply.

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