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Find the focal length of a concave mirror whose radius of carvature is 32 cm.

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`"Focal length"=("Radius of curvature")/2`
`or" "f=R/2`
`f=32/2cm`
f=16 cm
Thus, the focal length of convex mirror is 16 centimetres.
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