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a student wants to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 48cmin front of a mirror by keeping the flame at a distance of 12 cm from its pole. which type of mirror should we use?

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We should use a concave mirror so that the image can be projected. A concave mirror produces a REAL image and only real images can be projected.

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