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image construction with concave and convex mirrors
I don't know exactly how to explain it but what I have noticed is that when I use the rules for image construction with concave and convex lenses the image is wrong if I don't use the extension of the ray to the tangent to the mirror (purple line).
If I stop the ray at the mirror the rays do not all converge at one point. Does this mean that I actually have to construct the image by making the rays go beyond the mirror?
The correct construction is the green one but I thought that the rays stop at the mirror (like the red construction), but this way the result does not come.
I have applied the rules in both cases:
a) The rays passing through C are not deflected.
b) Rays passing through F are reflected parallel to the optical axis.
c) Rays parallel to the optical axis are reflected in the focus F.
I don't know exactly how to explain it but what I have noticed is that when I use the rules for image construction with concave and convex lenses the image is wrong if I don't use the extension of the ray to the tangent to the mirror (purple line).
If I stop the ray at the mirror the rays do not all converge at one point. Does this mean that I actually have to construct the image by making the rays go beyond the mirror?
The correct construction is the green one but I thought that the rays stop at the mirror (like the red construction), but this way the result does not come.
I have applied the rules in both cases:
a) The rays passing through C are not deflected.
b) Rays passing through F are reflected parallel to the optical axis.
c) Rays parallel to the optical axis are reflected in the focus F.
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