Name the type of mirror used in the following situations.
a. Headlights of a car
b. Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle
c. Solar furnace
Support your answer with reason.
a. Headlights of a car
b. Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle
c. Solar furnace
Support your answer with reason.
a. are used as reflectors in headlights of cars. Because it can produce a powerful parallel beam of light when the light source is placed at their .
b. A is used as a side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle because,
It always forms an image of an object placed anywhere in front it. It has a than a plane mirror of the same size.
c. Large are used to concentrate sunlight to produce heat in solar furnaces.