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A spherical mirror is hung in a wall of a room. A candle is placed at a distance of 4 cm in front fo the mirror and an image is formed on the opposite wall of the room. If the distance of the opposite wall is 12 cm, determine the focal length and nature of the mirror.

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concave, 3 m
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