What is the difference between a real image and a virtual image? Give one example of each type of image.

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S. No. Real Image Virtual Image

1 An image that can be projected on a screen is called a real image. An image that cannot be projected on a screen is called a virtual image.

2 The light rays actually meet at the point of image formation. The light rays do not actually meet at the point of image formation, but appear to meet there.

3 Example: the image formed on the screen in a cinema hall. Example: the image formed by a plane mirror.

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S. No.	Real Image	Virtual Image
1	An image that can be projected on a screen is called a real image.	An image that cannot be projected on a screen is called a virtual image.
2	The light rays actually meet at the point of image formation.	The light rays do not actually meet at the point of image formation, but appear to meet there.
3	Example: the image formed on the screen in a cinema hall.	Example: the image formed by a plane mirror.