Chapter 13.1
Reflection and Images in Mirrors
Your reflection in a flat mirror stands exactly as far behind the glass as you stand in front, in a place no light ever reaches. Curve the mirror and that image can move, flip, and grow.
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By the end
- 01Model light as rays and apply the law of reflection, distinguishing specular from diffuse reflection
- 02Locate the image in a plane mirror and the focal point of a spherical mirror
- 03Find image position, size, orientation, and type with principal-ray diagrams and the mirror equation
- 04Apply the sign convention consistently for concave and convex mirrors