Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 26 - Geometrical Optics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 940: 22

Answer

(a) inverted (b) reduced (c) real

Work Step by Step

We know that due to the silver coating, the spoon behaves like a concave mirror. It is given that the spoon is held at arm's length, which means that we are outside the focal point of the mirror, so the focal length of the front side of the spoon is at a few centimeters. Thus, we conclude the following results: (a) The images is inverted. (b) The image is reduced. (c) The image is real.
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