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Homework Statement
A man holds a double-sided spherical mirror so that he is looking directly into its convex surface, 44.8 cm from his face. The magnification of the image of his face is +0.22. What will be the image distance when he reverses the mirror (looking into its concave surface), maintaining the same distance between the mirror and his face?
Homework Equations
m = -di/do
1/f = 1/di + 1/do
The Attempt at a Solution
First I solved for the focal length like this:
di = - (m*do)
di = - (.22*44.8) = -9.856 cm
1/f = 1/di + 1/do
1/f = 1/-9.856 + 1/44.8
f = -12.64 cm
Then I tried to solve for the image height of the concave side:
1/di = 1/f - 1/do
1/di = 1/-12.64 - 1/40.8
di = -9.856 cm
But the answer should have been 17.6, I don't really know what to do. Please help?