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Nature of Images in Spherical Mirrors

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Rohit suggested to his father to fix a security mirror which would provide them with a wider view of the surrounding of the shop. Name the type of mirror that Rohit must have suggested to his father and also mention the basic characteristics of the image formed by this type of mirrors?

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The mirror required in the following situation is a convex mirror as the images in the convex mirror are vary small thus they provide a wider range of area in the mirror.The image formed by convex mirror is erect, vritual and smaller in size than the object but covers a wide range of area.

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