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A person standing in front of a mirror finds his image larger than himself. This shows that mirror is convex in nature. (True/False)

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A person standing in front of a mirror finds his image larger than himself. This shows that mirror is convex in nature. (True/False)

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False

Explanation:

Convex mirror always forms a diminished image so it is false statement.

- v/u = 1/m ⇒ v = - u/m

Using, 1/f = 1/v + 1/u = - m/v + 1/v 

= - (m - 1)/v

∴ u = -(m - 1)f

i.e., the object distance from the mirror is numerically equal to (m - 1 )f.

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