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The linear magnification produced by a spherical mirror is –1/5. Analysing this value state the (i) type of spherical mirror and (ii) the position of the object with respect to the pole of the mirror. Draw ray diagram to justify your answer.
The mirror is concave.The nature of image is real and inverted since the modulus value of m is less than 1.
 m=-1/5=hi/ho=v/u
The above equation shows the height of the object is five times the height of its image,also the distance of the object from the  pole of the mirror is five times the distance of its image from the pole.


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