Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
A boy of height H is standing in front o...

A boy of height H is standing in front of a mirror, which has been fixed on the ground as shown in figure. What length of his body can the man see in the mirror? The length of the mirror is `(H//2)`.

A

H

B

`H^(2)//(H^(2)+L^(2))^(1//2)`

C

Zero

D

`2H^(2)//L`

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
C


Can see only feet so zero
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Show the Part of the image which man can see in the mirror as shown in the figure.

A rod AB of length 5 cm is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm as shown in figure. The length of the image of AB formed by the mirror is

A boy of height 1m stands in front of a convex mirror. His distance from the mirror is equal to its focal length. The height of his image is

A point source has been placed as shown in the figure-. What is the length on the screen that will receive reflected light from the mirror ?

A linear object is placed along the axis of a mirror as shown in figure. If 'f' is the focal length of the mirror then the length of image is-

An object is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length f as shown in figure. Choose the correct shape of the image.

A boy is standing in front of a plane mirror at a distance of 3 m from it. What is the distance between the boy and his image?

A person AB of height 170 cm is standing in front of a plane mirror. His eyes are at height 164 cm. At what distance from P should a hole be made in mirror so that he cannot see his hair?

CAREER POINT-UNIT TEST 9-PHYSICS
  1. Two blocks each of mass m lie on a smooth table. They are attached to ...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. An object is approaching a fixed plane mirror with velocity 5ms^(-1) m...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A boy of height H is standing in front of a mirror, which has been fix...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Two plane mirror M(1) and M(2) are placed parallel to each other 20 cm...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A linear object is placed along the axis of a mirror as shown in figur...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Concave mirror and convex mirror having equal focal lengths 2f are pla...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. An infinitely long rod lies along the axis of a concave mirror of foca...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. In the figure shown (sin i)/(sin r) is equal to:

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The refracting angle of a prism is A and refractive index of the mater...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. A man looks down on a fish of length 20 cm. His eye is 2m above the su...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A prism having an apex angle 4^(@) and refractive index 1.5 is located...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A ray of light is incident on a prism as shown in fig. Find the total ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. An optical fibre consists of core of mu(1) surrounded by a cladding of...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Two identical glass (mu(g)=3//2) equiconvex lenses of focal length f a...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. A uniform, horizontal parallel beam of light is incident upon a prism ...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Two thin lens have a combined power of 10D in contact. When separated ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A beam of plane polarized light falls normally on a polarizer of cross...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A screen is placed 50cm from a single slit, which is illuminated with ...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A slit of width is illuminated by white light. For red light (lambda=6...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A beam of light AO is incident a glass slab (mu=1.54) in the direction...

    Text Solution

    |