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    PHYS101 Lab Report11

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    There are three types of mirrors that form images differently depending on how light interacts with their surfaces. In this experiment, students used a concave mirror to locate the real image and compute the mirror's focal length. They observed that a real image occurs where rays converge, while a virtual image is where rays only appear to converge. The experiment provided an insightful hands-on learning experience for students to understand how different mirrors form images based on light reflection, though it was difficult to perform the measurements in the dark laboratory.

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    There are three types of mirrors that form images differently depending on how light interacts with their surfaces. In this experiment, students used a concave mirror to locate the real image and compute the mirror's focal length. They observed that a real image occurs where rays converge, while a virtual image is where rays only appear to converge. The experiment provided an insightful hands-on learning experience for students to understand how different mirrors form images based on light reflection, though it was difficult to perform the measurements in the dark laboratory.

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    There are three types of mirrors that form images differently depending on how light interacts with their surfaces. In this experiment, students used a concave mirror to locate the real image and compute the mirror's focal length. They observed that a real image occurs where rays converge, while a virtual image is where rays only appear to converge. The experiment provided an insightful hands-on learning experience for students to understand how different mirrors form images based on light reflection, though it was difficult to perform the measurements in the dark laboratory.

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    PHYS101 Lab Report11

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    There are three types of mirrors that form images differently depending on how light interacts with their surfaces. In this experiment, students used a concave mirror to locate the real image and compute the mirror's focal length. They observed that a real image occurs where rays converge, while a virtual image is where rays only appear to converge. The experiment provided an insightful hands-on learning experience for students to understand how different mirrors form images based on light reflection, though it was difficult to perform the measurements in the dark laboratory.

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    ANALYSIS

    There are three different kinds of mirrors and each mirror reflect and form images differently
    depending how the light touches or converges on the mirrors surface. A concave mirror can
    form real and virtual images depending on the object’s distance A real image occurs where
    rays converge, whereas a virtual image occurs where rays only appear to converge. Real
    images can be produced by concave mirrors and converging lenses, only if the object is
    placed further away from the mirror/lens than the focal point and this real image is inverted.
    In this experiment the students are tasked to locate the real image using a concave mirror and
    also compute the focal length of the mirror.

    Table 1. Object distance greater than image distance


    Object Distance Image
    Trial Focal Length
    Distance
    1 31.242 cm
    38.1 cm 17.1659 cm
    2 27.178 cm
    48.768 cm 17.4512 cm
    3 24.13 cm
    64.008 cm 17.5238 cm

    Table 2. Image distance greater than object distance


    Object Distance Image
    Trial Focal Length
    Distance
    1 37.338 cm
    32.512 cm 17.3771 cm
    2 45.974 cm
    26.67 cm 16.8786 cm
    3 52.832 cm
    25.4 cm 17.1532 cm
    SAMPLE COMPUTATION

    1 1 1
    = +
    f s s'

    Magnification:
    h
    M= 1
    h0

    s'
    M=
    s
    CONCLUSION

    The experiment was very insightful and a great learning experience for the students to
    understand the concept behind how mirrors work and how different mirrors form different
    images depending on how they interact with the light that touches their surface. It was
    however difficult to work in the dark. The experiment needed to be conducted in a dark room
    which is why the lights inside the laboratory were turned off. It was difficult to see the
    measurements and encode the data in the dark, but it was also in itself fun. Seeing the images
    formed by the light was amazing and it was interesting to actually see the concepts of physics
    applied in an actual controlled set up.

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