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Explain Cartesian sign convention for spherical mirror.

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Following are the Cartesian sign conventions for spherical mirror:

  • All distances are measured from the pole of the mirror.
  • Incident light is shown coming from LHS of mirror.
  • Distances towards LHS of mirror are taken as negative and those on RHS are taken as positive.
  • The height is measured perpendicular to the principal axis.
  • Distance above principal axis is taken as positive.
  • Distance below principal axis is taken as negative.


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