Posted by Dylan on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 10:41pm.
For a source at infinity, it MINUS the distance between the mirror and the virtual image, where the reflected rays appear to come from. It is negative because it is behind the mirror.
You can also define it as -R/2, where R is the radius of curvature of teh mirror surface.
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