consider a concave mirror with a focal length of 13.72cm, and the object distance is 6.86cm, i calculated and found the image distance to be -13.72cm and a magnification of 2

how would i describe the image.
1. virtual, inverted, larger
2. none of these
3. real, upright, smaller,
4. real, upright, larger
5. virtual, upright, larger
6.real, inverted, larger
7. virtual, upright, smaller
8. virtual, inverted, smaller
9. real, inverted, smaller

what does the negative image distance tell you?

What does a positive magnification tell you?

To determine how to describe the image formed by a concave mirror, you need to consider the properties of the image distance (di) and the magnification (m).

In this case, you have calculated the image distance to be -13.72 cm, which indicates that the image is formed on the same side as the object. A positive value for di would imply that the image is formed on the opposite side of the mirror. Therefore, we can conclude that the image formed is a virtual image.

Additionally, you have calculated the magnification (m) to be 2. A magnification greater than 1 indicates that the image is larger than the object, and since the magnification is positive, the image is upright (not inverted).

Based on these calculations, the correct description for the image formed by the concave mirror with a focal length of 13.72 cm and an object distance of 6.86 cm is:
1. virtual, inverted, larger.