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Ray Optics: Mirror — Image Track as Object Moves MCQ

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Mirror — Image Track as Object MovesMediumQuestion 20198

Question

As a real object moves from infinity toward the pole of a concave mirror, the image moves from:
  1. A
    Pole to infinity
  2. B
    Focus to pole
  3. C
    Infinity through focus toward the mirror (behind the mirror)
    Correct
  4. D
    Focus to infinity and then to focus again

Correct answer

Infinity through focus toward the mirror (behind the mirror)

Explanation

As object moves from ∞ → C → F → P: image moves F → C → ∞ (image jumps behind mirror) → behind mirror moving toward P as object moves from F to P.