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Two objects A and B are placed at 15 cm and 25 cm from the pole in front of a concave mirror having radius of curvature 40 cm. The distance between images formed by the mirror is:
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Options:
  • A 40 cm
  • B 60 cm
  • C 160 cm
  • D 100 cm
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 160 cm

Let's consider the following diagram-

Let's assume that vA, vB indicates the distances of the images of objects A and B respectively.

Thus, by mirror formula, for object A, it can be written that

1v+1u=1f1vA+1-15=1-201vA=1-20+115=-3+460vA=60 cm

Similarly, for object B, using mirror formula,

1vB+1-25=1-201vB=-120+125=-5+4100=-1100vB=-100 cm

Hence, the distance d between the images can be calculated as follows:

d= vA+vB= 60+100 cm= 160 cm

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