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What is focus (or) focal point of a mirror?

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Light rays travelling parallel and close to the principal axis when incident on a spherical mirror, converge at a point for concave mirror or appear to diverge from a point for convex mirror on the principal axis. (ii) This point is called the focus or focal point (F) of the mirror.
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