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The diagrams show the appearance of a fork when placed in front of and closed to two mirrors A and B, turn by turn.
(a) Which mirror is convex ?
(b) Which mirror is concave ?
Give reasons for your choice.

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(a) Mirror B is convex , It forms a smaller image of frok (b) Mirror A is concave: It forms a larger image of fork
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