The shiny outer surface of a hollow sphere of aluminium of radius 50cm is to be used as a mirror:
  1. What will be the focal length of this mirror?
  2. Which type of spherical mirror will it provide?
  3. State whether this spherical mirror will diverge or converge light rays.
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  1. R = 50cm
f = ?

We know that

$\text{f}=\frac{\text{R}}{2}=\frac{50}{2}=25\text{cm}$
  1. Convex mirror
  2. It will diverge light rays.
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