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Suppose that the lower half of a concave mirror's reflecting surface is covered with an opaque non-reflecting material. What effect will this have on the image of an object placed in front of the mirror ?

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NCERT ENGLISH-RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS-Exercise
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  4. A tank is filled with water to a height of 12.5 cm. The apparent depth...

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  9. A beam of light converges to a point P.A lens is placed in the path of...

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  10. An object of size 3.0 cm is placed 14 cm in front of a concave lens of...

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  11. What is the focal length of a convex lens of focal length 30 cm in con...

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  15. (i) A giant refracting telescope at an observatory has an objective le...

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  21. A screen is placed 90 cm from an object. The image of the object on th...

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