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प्रश्न
When a spherical mirror is held towards the sun and its sharp image is formed on a piece of a carbon paper for some time, a hole is burnt in the carbon paper.
At which point of the spherical mirror the carbon paper is placed?
उत्तर
The carbon paper was kept at the focus of the spherical mirror.
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