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a. For a real image, light rays actually pass through the plane of the image to form it, and the image can be displayed on a screen. Light rays forming a virtual image do not pass through the image location. To see such an image you must look at the mirror, or through the lens.
b. Both types of images look the same to your eye. The light entering your eye appears to emerge from the image location.
c. On a ray diagram, the light rays actually pass through the image location. In contrast, for a virtual image, one must extend/extrapolate the rays backward through the mirror or lens to locate the virtual image.
d. Place a screen at the expected location of the image. A real image will appear on the screen. A virtual image will not.
e. Yes, the lens of the camera collects the light rays that appear to come from the image location, and the image appears in the photograph. This assumes that the photograph is taken through the lens or the mirror.
f. No. Just as a virtual image does not appear on a screen because light rays do not pass through the location of the virtual image, the virtual image won’t appear on the film.
g. Light rays appear to come from where the virtual image is located. That light can be collected by the converging lens of a camera or your eye. However, light rays don’t pass through the location of the virtual image in space, so a screen or a piece of film placed there won’t show anything.
