Draw a ray diagram showing how a concave mirror can be used to produce a real, inverted and diminished image of an object.
When an object is placed beyond the centre of curvature $(C)$ of a concave mirror, a real, inverted and diminished image of an object is formed
Explanation
A concave mirror is a mirror that is curved inward in the middle. It is also known as converging mirrors, due to the fact that when parallel incident rays fall on the surface of the mirror, the rays will reflect and meet at a particular point and form the
image.
Depending on the position of the object with respect to the mirror, the types of images it forms are real, inverted as well as virtual and erect image, also the size of the images formed are magnified, diminished as well as the same size as that of the object.
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