A concave spherical mirror has a focal length of

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Problem

A concave spherical mirror has a focal length of 10 cm10\,\text{cm}. For a particular experimental setup, the magnitude of magnification is required to be exactly 22. Solve the following: (i) Obtain the possible values of the object distance uu that give a magnification of magnitude 22. State all working steps clearly. (ii) For each object distance obtained in part (i), calculate the corresponding image distance vv. (iii) For each case, state whether the image produced is real or virtual and comment on its orientation.

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