An upright object is placed in front of a concave mirror. The radius of curvature of...

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An upright object is placed in front of a concave mirror.The radius of curvature of mirror is 40 cm.
(a) Where should the object be placed in order to obtain an imagethat is twice as large as the object?
(b) Is the image upright or inverted?

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This problem uses the mirror equation and the magnification equation where s the object distance to the mirror is the imagedistance R is the radius of curvature of the mirror isthe image height and y    See Answer
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