State the types of mirrors used for,
- Headlights.
- Rear view mirrors, in cars and motorcycles.
CBSE OUTSIDE DELHI - SET 1 2012
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- Concave mirrors are used for headlights as it gives larger area of magnification for the light.
- The mirror which is preferred as rear-view mirror in cars and motorcycles is the convex mirror because the image obtained with the help of convex mirror is highly diminished in size and thus gives a wider field of view and helps the driver of the vehicle to view the traffic in much larger area behind the vehicle.
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