Question

State whether true or false :

The magnification produced by a spherical mirror is the ratio of the height of the image to the height of the object.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

The magnification is the ratio of height of the image to height of the object. The image is smaller than the object, the magnification will be less than 1. If the image if upside down (inverted) then magnification will be negative.The reverse is also true.