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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Light: Geometric Optics
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23-2: Reflection; Plane Mirrors
23-3: Spherical Mirrors
23-4: Index of Refraction
23-5: Refraction; Snell's Law
23-6: Total Internal Reflection
23-7 and 23-8: Thin Lenses
23-9: Lens Combinations
23-10: Lensmaker's Equation

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 18
Q

Some rearview mirrors produce images of cars to your rear that are smaller than they would be if the mirror were flat. Are the mirrors concave or convex? What is a mirror’s radius of curvature if cars 16.0 m away appear 0.33 their normal size?

A
-16 m, convex
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