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Hi
Why do we call concave mirror as converging mirror?
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The concave mirrors are called "converging mirrors" because they tend to collect light that falls on them, refocusing parallel incoming rays toward a focus.
The concave mirror reflects the parallel rays of light in such a way that after reflection, all the rays converge at one point called focus in front of the mirror. Since a concave mirror converges the beam of parallel light rays. Therefore it is also known as a converging mirror.
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