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Thursday 2 August 2018

Concave Mirrors:
Concave mirrors have a shiny surface on the inside of the curve. When looking at a tablespoon, the bowl of the spoon is concave.

Convex Mirrors:
Convex Mirrors have the shiny surface on the outside of the curve. when looking at a tablespoon, the back of the spoon is convex.

Aim:
To investigate the reflection of the light rays in concave and convex mirrors.

Method:
1. Set up your ray box, triple-slit ray slide concave and convex mirrors, power supply
2. Place the mirror on your book as indicated below. place the ray box at the top of the page and shine the 3 rays of light at the mirror.
3. Ensure that the middle ray of light is hitting the mirror at a 90degrees angle.
4. Carefully trace the direction of the three incident rays and the three reflected rays.

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