The Physics Classroom: Curved Mirror Diagram: Object between Curvature-Center

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written by Tom Henderson

This page features an animated image and a discussion of optics. The animation shows how an image is formed from a curved mirror when the object is between the center and the focal point.

This tutorial is part of The Physics Classroom. This web site also includes interactive tools to help students with concepts and problem solving, worksheets for student assignments, and recommendations for simple introductory laboratories.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/rdcmc.cfm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Optics - Geometrical Optics = Reflection - Curved Surfaces	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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- Learners - Educators	- image/gif - text/html	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996
Keywords:: concave reflection, curved mirror, curved reflection, virtual image
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 12, 2010 by Shane Allison
Record Updated:: July 12, 2010 by Shane Allison

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T. Henderson, The Physics Classroom: Curved Mirror Diagram: Object between Curvature-Center (1996), WWW Document, (http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/rdcmc.cfm).

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T. Henderson, The Physics Classroom: Curved Mirror Diagram: Object between Curvature-Center (1996), <http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/rdcmc.cfm>.

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Henderson, T. (1996). The Physics Classroom: Curved Mirror Diagram: Object between Curvature-Center. Retrieved May 21, 2013, from http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/rdcmc.cfm

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Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Curved Mirror Diagram: Object between Curvature-Center. 1996. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/rdcmc.cfm (accessed 21 May 2013).

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Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Curved Mirror Diagram: Object between Curvature-Center. 1996. 21 May 2013 <http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/optics/rdcmc.cfm>.

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