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Name the kind of mirror used to obtain:

(a) a real and enlarged image,

(b) a virtual and enlarged image,

(c) a real and diminished image, and

(d) a virtual and diminished image.

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(a) Concave mirror is used to obtain a real and enlarged image when object is placed between its centre of curvature and focus.

(b) Concave mirror is used to obtain a virtual and enlarged image when object is placed between its focus and pole.

(c) Concave mirror is used to obtain a real and diminished image when object is placed beyond its centre of curvature.

(d) Convex mirror produces a virtual and diminished image.

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