A concave mirror is placed on a stand, and an object is placed at a distance of in front of it. The obse

A concave mirror is placed on a stand, and an object is placed at a distance of $d=30 cm$ in front of it. The observer looks at the object’s image formed by the mirror, which appears to be at a distance $D=20 cm$ in front of the mirror. When the observer shifts $x=10 cm$ distance to the left, the apparent position of the image shifts by $X=5 cm$ distance to the right. Determine the focal length $f$ of the concave mirror using the parallax method.
Option: 1
$0.25 cm$

Option: 2
$1.2 cm$

Option: 3
$0.6 cm$

Option: 4
$2.4 cm$

Answers (1)

Step 1: In the parallax method, the observer shifts and measures the apparent shift of the image when looking at it from different angles.
Given: Object distance $(d) = 30 cm$ Apparent image distance $(D) = 20 cm$
Shift of observer $(x) = 10 cm$ Shift of apparent image $(X) = 5 cm$ Focal length of the concave mirror $(f) = f$
Step 2: Use the formula for the magnification $(m)$ of the mirror to relate the object and image distances.