Secondary IV • 2yr.
Hello!
I don’t understand anything concerning the focus in the theory of light rays in spherical mirrors. The only thing I understand is that the focus is a point on the main axis, between the center of curvature and the top of the mirror ...
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The focus is where all of the reflected rays from the mirror intersect. In the case of a convex mirror, the focus is found by the extension of the rays reflected "in the mirror". For concave mirrors, the focus is found on the outside of the mirror.
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