Ray Diagram For Convex Mirrors

The ray 1 or the light beam 1 that come to the convex mirror are drawn parallel to the principal axis and touch the upper end of the object then reflected by the convex mirror where the beam of light reflects as if from the focal point f. Any incident ray traveling towards a convex mirror such that its extension passes through the focal point will reflect and travel parallel to the principal axis.

Concave Mirrors

Shows how to draw the ray diagrams for locating the image produced by a concave lens and a convex mirror.

Ray diagram for convex mirrors. A ray diagram is a tool that is used to determine the location size orientation and type of image formed by a mirror. Using a ray parallel to the principal axis and one incident upon the center of the mirror the position of the image can be constructed by back projecting the rays which reflect from the mirror. A spherical mirror is a part of a spherical reflecting surface.

Most commonly used mirrors are plane mirrors. You can see a listing of all my videos at my websit. Ray diagram for convex and concave mirror a mirror is a part of a smooth and highly polished reflecting surface.

A convex mirror forms a virtual imagethe cartesian sign convention is used here. These two rules will be used to construct ray diagrams. There are two types of spherical mirrors convex mirror and concave mirror.

Draw Ray Diagram Showing The Image Formation By A Convex