Question

Can you see a virtual image? Can you photograph one? Can one be projected onto a screen with additional lenses or mirrors? Explain your responses.

a) Virtual images can be seen, photographed, and projected.

b) Virtual images cannot be photographed or projected.

c) Virtual images can be seen but not photographed or projected.

d) Virtual images cannot be seen, photographed, or projected.

Answer 1

Virtual images are formed by the apparent intersection of light rays and cannot be seen or projected onto a screen. However, they can be photographed.

Step-by-step explanation:

Virtual images are formed by the apparent intersection of light rays and cannot be seen or projected onto a screen. However, they can be photographed.

They cannot be seen or projected onto a screen because they do not exist physically. Virtual images are formed by the apparent intersection of light rays rather than by the actual intersection of light rays.

However, virtual images can be photographed because a camera can capture the light rays that converge to form the image. For example, if you take a picture of your reflection in a mirror, you are capturing a photograph of a virtual image.