The surface of a concave mirror is pointed towards the sun. Light from the sun hits the mirror and converges to a point. How far is this converging point from the mirror's surface if the radius of curvature (R) of the mirror is 150 cm?
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The surface of a concave mirror is pointed towards the sun. Light from the sun hits the mirror and converges to a point. How far is this converging point from the mirror's surface if the radius of curvature (R) of the mirror is 150 cm?
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Answer:
75 cm
Explanation:
sun's rays are parallel and parallel rays converge at focus.
f=r/2
Answer:
The converging point from the mirror's surface is 75cm
FORMULA USED:
f= r/2
Explanation: