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Given information

It is given that the equation Eq 23-3 gives the magnification formula 

   

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The magnification formula is 

 

which can also be written as 

     

where is the height of the image, is the height of the object, is the image distance, and is the object distance.

We know that   cm, cm, cm

We take image distance to be negative as it is formed behind the mirror. The object distance is positive as it is in front of the mirror, towards the left of the mirror. The object is upright so the height of the object is positive.

   

                                                                      mm

The image size is 1mm and positive which implies the image is upright.

 

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