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AP Physics 2
13.2 Images Formed by Mirrors
13.1 Reflection
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A concave mirror setup submerged in a tank of water.
A concave mirror setup submerged in a tank of water.
A concave spherical mirror forms a clear, focused image of an object on a screen placed at a distance \(d_i\) from the mirror in air. The entire system—object, screen, and mirror—is then submerged in a container filled with water, keeping the object distance \(d_o\) fixed. To capture a sharp image on the screen, how must the screen distance be adjusted, and why?

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