Name the type of mirror used in the following situations.
  1. Headlights of a car.
  2. Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle.
  3. Solar furnace.
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  1. Concave mirror, to get powerful and parallel beams of light.
  2. Convex mirror because it always gives an erect image and enables the driver to view much larger area.
  3. Concave or parabolic mirror because it can concentrate sunlight at the focus to produce heat in the solar furnace.
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