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When is image distance negative in spherical mirrors?
In spherical mirrors, the image distance is negative when the image is formed on the same side as the object. This occurs in concave mirrors when the object is located between the focal point and the mirror, resulting in a virtual and upright image with a negative image distance.
How does the image distance compare to the object distance?
The image distance is the distance from the lens to where the image is formed, while the object distance is the distance from the lens to the object. In general, for real images, the image distance is different from the object distance. For virtual images, the image distance is negative and the object distance is positive.
What is the Magnification equation for concave mirror?
The magnification equation for a concave mirror is given by the formula: M = - (image distance) / (object distance), where M is the magnification, image distance is the distance from the mirror to the image, and object distance is the distance from the mirror to the object. Negative magnification indicates an inverted image.
What is a negative lens is the same as?
If the lens equation yields a negative image distance, then the image is a virtual image on the same side of the lens as the object. If it yields a negative focal length, then the lens is a diverging lens rather than the converging lens in the illustration.
Why is negative sign associated with virtual image?
A negative sign is associated with a virtual image because the light rays do not actually converge at the location of the virtual image. Instead, they appear to diverge from a point behind the mirror or lens, creating the virtual image. Mathematically, this distance is represented as negative to indicate the direction of the virtual image.
Does the image size increase as the image distance increases?
No, the size of the image does not increase as the image distance increases. The size of the image is determined by the object distance, focal length of the lens, and the distance between the lens and the image plane.
What is an image negative?
A piece of photographic film having the negative (opposite) image of your positive print or image.
What is the difference between object distance and image distance?
image distance is the distance from the point of incidence on the mirror, the where the image is reflected to.object distance is the distance from the actual object being reflected to the point of incidence on the mirror where it's reflected as an image.
What is the sign for object and image distances that are measured on the front side of a mirror?
Regardless of which side of the mirror you designate as the positive side, one of them is positive and the other one is negative, since the object and image are always on opposite sides of the mirror. BTW ... If the mirror is flat, then their absolute values are equal.
What will happen to pinhole camera if the object distance is equal to image distance?
the image distance will appear the same
Why if you move the object away from the lens the size of the image get smaller?
Moving the object away from the lens increases the object-image distance. According to the thin lens equation, as the object-image distance increases, the image distance increases incrementally more than the object distance. This results in a smaller image size due to the inverse relationship between image size and image distance.
In radiology what is the term SID?
SID stands for Source to Image Distance. This is the distance between the source of photons (anode) and the image receptor.
