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You may have noticed that side rear view mirrors on vehicles say ''Objects seen in the mirror are closer than they appear''. Why is this message etched on the side mirror ?

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Side - view mirrors are convex mirrors. Convex mirrors form diminished, erect images. Generally objects which are very far away appears small to us. But in a convex mirror, the field of view is more and image of the objects appear small. A person driving shouldn.t misjudge the distance of the vehicles behind.
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