Mirror

• three types of mirror: plane mirror, convex mirror and concave mirror
• example of concave mirror: dental mirror, shaving mirror and the inner part of the spoon
• example of convex mirror: vehicle side mirror, rear view mirror, and the safety mirror
• example of plane mirror: mirror in the elevator and mirror in the bathroom
• concave and convex mirror is called spherical mirror because they came from a sphere
• plane mirror is a mirror that reflects light in the same direction as the incident rays; light rays remain parallel
• the concave mirror converges light rays to a point
• convex mirror diverges the light rays
• the plane mirror always form upright image and of the same size
• the concave mirror can form inverted image from a far or magnified and upright image from near distance
• convex mirror always forms upright and diminished image
• the plane mirror has a flat surface
• the concave mirror is curved inwardly
• the convex mirror is curved outwardly