A parallel light source will reflect off a concave mirror and go through a point inside the curve called the focus. Reflecting from a convex mirror will cause all light to bounce off in a straight line away from a focus point behind the mirror.
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It means sunken in. If the top of a stone is concave, it can hold rainwater.'Convex' means swollen out. If the top of a stone is convex, water rolls off.
Concave means bending inward, convex means bending outward.Concave . . .- thinnest in the middle- thickest around the edge- holds waterConvex . . .- thinnest around the edge- thickest in the middle- water runs off
light is needed to reflect an image off a mirror...no light no reflection
Enter the light perpendicular to the hypotenuse of the Prism above or below the center of the hypotenuse. The light will reflect off the two non-hypotenuse sides and reflect back out in the opposite direction, 180 de Save grees.
It reflects at like 45 degrees I think. No, it reflects off at the same angle it hits the mirror. If the light wave hits the mirror at a 30o angle on the left side, it will reflect off at a 30o angle on the right side. Scientists usually measure these angles from an imaginary line perpendicular to the mirror at the point where the light wave hits the reflecting surface; sounds awkward, but it makes the math easier.