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Image Formed by Concave Mirror

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Virtual images are formed by diverging rays. Concave mirror is converging mirror, then why are virtual images formed when the object is placed between pole and focus of concave mirror ?

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(b) a convex mirror always produces a virtual image independent of the location of the object.
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