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Refraction by Plane Surfaces: Practice Problem & Solution

If the lower half of a concave mirror's reflecting surface is made opaque, which of the following statements describe the image of an object placed in-front of the mirror S1 : Intensity of the image will increase. S2 : The image will show only half of the object. S3 : No change in the image. S4 : Intensity of the image will be reduced to half.
S1 only
S2 only
S2 and S3
S4 only

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