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What are the main uses of concave mirrors ?
1.Concave mirrors are used as shaving mirrors to see a large image of the face.
2.Concave mirrors are used as reflectors in torches,vehicle head-lights and search lights to get powerful beams of light.
3.Concave mirrors are used by dentists to see the large images of the teeth of patients.
4.Concave mirrors are used as doctor's head-mirrors to focus light coming from a lamp on the body parts of a patient(such as eye,ear,nose,throat etc)to be examined by the doctor.
5.Concave dishes are used in TV dish antennas to receive TV signals from the distant communications satellites.
6.Large concave mirrors are used in the field of solar energy to focus sun's rays for heating solar furnaces.


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