Question

Complete the ray diagram below. Label the object distance, object size, image distance, image size, and principal axis.

2. What is the difference between a real and virtual image? When standing in front of a mirror how far away from your eyes does your image appear to be? Is this image virtual or real? How can you tell?

3. Hold your hand up roughly ten inches from your face and look at it; is the rest of the room clear or blurry? Now spread your fingers and look at a far object, are your fingers blurry or clear? How does your eye make some things clear and other things blurry?

Answer 1

1) Image not available.

2) A real is formed when the Rays actually meet, whereas a virtual image is formed when the Rays do not actually meet but only appear to meet.

A real image is inverted whereas a virtual image is upright.

Image distance is equal to the object distance. So from your eyes, the image will appear to be twice the distance between you and the mirror.

The image is virtual. We can say because it's upright.