Question

A child is standing in front of a magic mirror. She finds the image of her head bigger, the middle portion of her body of the same size and that of the legs smaller. The following is the order of combinations for the magic mirror from the top. 

(a) The plane, convex and concave 

(b) Convex, concave and plane 

(c) Concave, plane and convex 

(d) Convex, plane and concave

Answer 1

The answer is (c) Concave, plane and convex

• When the object is between F and P of concave mirror enlarged image is formed behind the mirror. 
• Hence child can see her head bigger in a concave mirror. 
• She can see her body size of the same size because plane mirror gives image of original size.
• Convex mirror gives diminished images and babies legs appear smaller