Mirror Equation - Derivation | Reflection and Refraction Quiz

What is the mirror equation?

• One over f is equal to one over u plus one over v

• One over u is equal to one over f plus one over v

• One over v is equal to one over u plus one over f

• One over u is equal to one over v plus one over f

What does the letter 'P' symbolize in the mirror equation?

• The pole

• The centre of curvature

• The principal axis

• The principal focus

What is the distance 'u' in the mirror equation?

• The distance between the principal focus and the pole

• The distance between the image and the mirror

• The focal length

• The distance between the object and the mirror

What is the distance 'v' in the mirror equation?

• The distance between the object and the mirror

• The distance between the image and the mirror

• The focal length

• The distance between the principal focus and the pole

What is the focal length in the mirror equation?

• The distance between the principal focus and the pole

• The distance between the principal focus and the centre of curvature

• The distance between the image and the mirror

• The distance between the object and the mirror

What is the concept used to derive the mirror equation?

• Circle theorems

• Parallel lines

• Right angles

• Similar triangles

What is the condition for two triangles to be similar?

• The ratios of their corresponding sides are equal

• The product of their corresponding sides is equal

• The sum of their corresponding angles is equal

• The difference of their corresponding sides is equal

What is the condition for two triangles to be similar using the triple A test?

• All the corresponding angles have the same measure

• The difference of their corresponding sides is equal

• All the corresponding sides have the same measure

• The sum of their corresponding angles is equal

What is the distance 'f' in the mirror equation?

• The distance between the principal focus and the pole

• The distance between the principal focus and the centre of curvature

• The distance between the object and the mirror

• The distance between the image and the mirror

What is the distance 'AF' in the mirror equation?

• The height of the object

• The image's distance from the mirror

• The height of the image

• The object's distance from the mirror