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Question
A shop security mirror 5.0 m from certain items displayed in the shop produces on-tenth magnification.
What is the radius of curvature of the mirror?
Solution
Distance of the object (u) = -5 m
Using the magnification formula, we get
`m=(-v)/u`
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