Cartesian Sign Convention For A Concave Mirror
Cartesian Sign Convention for a concave mirror
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A[Cartesian Sign Convention for a Concave Mirror] --> B[Origin]
B --> C[The pole of the mirror]
A --> D[Direction]
D --> E[The direction of incident light at the mirror]
A --> F[Signs]
F --> G[All distances measured to the right of the origin (along +x-axis) are taken as positive]
F --> H[All distances measured to the left of the origin (along -x-axis) are taken as negative]
F --> I[The distances measured in the direction of incident light are positive]
F --> J[The distances measured against the direction of incident light are negative]
F --> K[The height above the principal axis is taken as positive]
F --> L[The height below the principal axis is taken as negative]
