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Which mirror is used as a rea-view mirror in vehicles.

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Convex mirror is used as driver.s mirror or rear view mirror because :
(i) it forms the erect and small image of the object.
(ii) it provides larger field of view of rear side.
Drawback: It does not provide correct information about the distance of the object coming from rear side. Objects actually are more closer than they appear in the convex mirror.
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