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Name the type of mirror used in the following situations. (a) Headlights of a car. (b) Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle. (c) Solar furnace. Support your answer with reason.

Name the type of mirror used in the following situations.
(a) Headlights of a car.
(b) Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle.
(c) Solar furnace.
Support your answer with reason.

Grade:12th pass

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Pawan Prajapati
askIITians Faculty 60787 Points
3 years ago
(a) Concave mirrors are used as reflectors in headlights of cars. When a bulb is located at the focus of the concave mirror, the light rays after reflection from the mirror travel over a large distance as a parallel beam of high intensity. (b) A convex mirror is used as a side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle because A convex mirror always forms an erect, virtual and diminished image of an object placed anywhere in front it. A convex mirror has a wider field of view than a plane mirror of the same size. (c) Large concave mirrors are used to concentrate sunlight to produce heat in solar furnaces.

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