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title: "A student sets up an optical bench to project an image of a small illuminated object onto a screen using a single spherical mirror. Which type of mirror should the student select to project a real image onto the screen, and why?"
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# A student sets up an optical bench to project an image of a small illuminated object onto a screen using a single spherical mirror. Which type of mirror should the student select to project a real image onto the screen, and why?

A student sets up an optical bench to project an image of a small illuminated object onto a screen using a single spherical mirror. Which type of mirror should the student select to project a real image onto the screen, and why?

- **A.** A convex mirror, because light rays reflected from the mirror converge at a real focal point located in front of the mirror.
- **B.** A convex mirror, because light rays reflected from the mirror diverge from a virtual focal point located behind the mirror.
- **C.** A concave mirror, because light rays reflected from the mirror can converge at a real focal point located in front of the mirror.
- **D.** A concave mirror, because light rays reflected from the mirror always diverge from a virtual focal point located behind the mirror.

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