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Mirror Formula Formal Proof

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Give Reason why magnification produced by convex mirror is always less than one?

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Magnification = Image Height/ Object Height
In a convex mirror, the height of the image will always be less than that of the object. So, the magnification will always remain less than one, according to the formula.

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