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A small candle, 2.5 cm in size is placed at 27 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 36 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed in order to obtain a sharp image? Describe the nature and size of the image. If the candle is moved closer to the mirror, how would the screen have to be moved?

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`v = -54 cm`. The image is real, inverted and magnified. The size of the image is 5.0 cm. As `urarrf, v rarroo," for "u lt f`, image is virtual.
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