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Question
A child is standing in front of a magic mirror. She finds the image of her head bigger, the middle portion of her body of the same size and that of the legs smaller. The following is the order of combinations for the magic mirror from the top.
Options
Plane, convex and concave
Convex, concave and plane
Concave, plane and convex
Convex, plane and concave
Solution
Concave, plane and convex
Explanation -
Concave mirror can form magnified image of the object. Plane mirror always forms image of the same size as that of object. Convex mirror can form diminished or point size image of the object. The child finds image of her head bigger, the middle portion of her body of the same size and that of the legs smaller. This shows that the order of combinations for the magic mirror from the top is concave mirror, plane mirror and convex mirror.
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