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Chapter 5: Q11DQ (page 1151)

A person looks at his reflection in the concave side of a shiny spoon. Is it right side up or inverted? Does it matter how far his face is from the spoon? What if he looks in the convex side?

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If the distance less than the focal length image is right side up and if the distance larger than the focal length image is inverted and for the case of convex side image is right up.

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Definition of  reflection

The term reflection may be defined as the bouncing back of the rays of light when they fall on obstacle.

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Explain reason of question

The distance between person and spoon evaluated the shape of image. If the distance less than the focal length image is right side up and if the distance larger than the focal length image is inverted and for the case of convex side image is right up.

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