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Wayne Potter
It goes to "the point at infinity"
1 one infinity divided by infinity
If the question meant infinity, the answer is none. Infinity is not a number.If the question meant infinity, the answer is none. Infinity is not a number.If the question meant infinity, the answer is none. Infinity is not a number.If the question meant infinity, the answer is none. Infinity is not a number.
Infinity plus infinity is without beginning nor ending
By increasing its radius of curvature to infinity.
Focaal length for plane mirror is 0
It would show the smaller mirror, and reflections of it and the smaller mirror within, going to infinity. See the related link.
Wayne Potter
False. The center of curvature of a plane mirror is not at infinity, but rather it is located at a point behind the mirror at a distance equal to the radius of curvature.
A concave mirror behaves as a plane mirror when the object distance is placed at infinity, resulting in the reflected rays becoming parallel to the principal axis. This situation occurs in the limit as the object approaches infinity.
The object must be placed at a distance equal to the radius of curvature of the concave mirror in order for its image to be at infinity. In this case, the object must be placed 28.6 cm away from the concave mirror.
It goes to "the point at infinity"
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To draw an object at infinity for a concave mirror reflection, draw a parallel line to the principal axis passing through the focal point. This line represents the path of light rays coming from infinity. It's not necessary to physically draw an object at infinity, but understanding how the rays behave from afar helps in analyzing the image formation for concave mirrors.
The image formed by a concave mirror at the focal point (F) will be at infinity and will be highly diminished. The image formed by a concave mirror at twice the focal length (2F) will be inverted, real, and diminished.
In a plane mirror, the radius of curvature is infinitly long, so the focus will be at infinity. Another way to say it is that a plane mirror has no curvature, and as curvature becomes increasingly small, focal length becomes increasingly long. At a curvature of zero, focal length becomes infinite. Focal length(f) is given by f=R/2 where R is radius of curvature.. Once again, it's infinity! See answer to your question on radius of curvature. Plug infinity (radius of curvature) into your mirror equation to get the focal length, which will also be infinite. A flat mirror does not focus incoming parallel beams. That's because if you say its at infinity it means it does exist in a finite distance, that is instead of saying it does exist its taken at infinite distance for only theoretical importance and not for practical observance. Focal length is half of radius of curvature of the mirror. So bigger the circle gets the more its radius will be. So in the same way as the curvature of the sphere gets less and less its focal length increases, so when it becomes totally flat the focal length will become infinite so it means it has no existence but it has only theoretical importance. It same as taking the formation of image of an object at principal focus to be at infinite distance rather than saying it does not form ( that is both mean the same). hope my answer is satisfactory