Magnification produced by a rear view mirror

Question:

Magnification produced by a rear view mirror fitted in vehicles.

(a) is less than one

(b) is more than one

(c) is equal to one

(d) can be more than or less than one depending upon the position of the object in front of it.

Solution:

(a). 

Explanation : $m=\frac{\text { size of image }}{\text { size of object }}$

Rear view mirror is a convex mirror, which always forms an image whose size is less than the size of the object.

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