The Sun’s Disc Subtends An Angle Of 10–2 rad At The Earth. What Must Be Radius Of Curvature Of The Mirror Which Will Produce On A Screen An Image Of The Sun 2 Cm In Diameter? 

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Question

 

The sun’s disc subtends an angle of 10–2 rad at the earth. What must be radius of curvature of the mirror which will produce on a screen an image of the sun 2 cm in diameter? 

Solution

Correct option is

4 m

 

Since the image is formed on a screen, it must be real. Hence the mirror used is concave. Since the distance of the sun is very large (effectively infinite), the image of the sun is formed at the focal plane of the mirror, i.e., the image is at a distance equal to the focal length (f) from the mirror.

                          AB = diameter of the disc of the sun   

                       A’B’ = diameter of the image = 2 cm  

Angle subtended by the disc of the sun = θ = 10 –2 rad

In triangle APO we have

                      

Since OP >> AP, angle θ is very small. Hence  where θ is expressed in radians. Thus

                           

or                      

Now triangles APO and A’P’O are similar. Therefore,   

                 

  

 

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