- Now imagine the following experiment, butdon’t do it yet. What will happen to the image
on the paper if you cover half of the mirror with your hand?
Prediction:
Test your prediction. If your prediction was incorrect, can you explain what happened?
- Now imagine forming an image with a convex mirror (one that bulges outward), and that
therefore bends light rays away from the central axis (i.e., is diverging). Draw a typical ray
diagram.
Is the image real, or virtual? Will there be more than one type of image?
Prediction:Test your prediction.
Exercises 847