Question

Sonu went to a dentist's clinic to get his decaying tooth examined. While sitting on the dentist's chair, he observed that the doctor was using a special type of mirror to examine his tooth. He enquired about the mirror with the doctor and why he was using it.
(a) Which mirror was the dentist using to examine Sonu's decaying tooth?
(b) What is the reason for using this mirror?

Answer 1

Dear student
a) dentist uses concave mirror
b) because concave mirror forms virtual, erect and magnified image when object is placed between focus and pole of mirror which gives better view of tooth to dentist

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