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When a T. rex pursues a jeep in the movie Jurassic Park, we see a reflected image of the T. rex via a side-view mirror, on which is printed the (then darkly humorous) warning: “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” Is the mirror flat, convex, or concave?

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The mirror is convex.

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The given data

The image of T-rex is seen in the side-view mirror on which the warning is printed: “Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.”

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Understanding the concept of optical image

Using the characteristics of the image formed due to a convex mirror, we can find whether the mirror is flat, convex, or concave.

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Step 3: Calculation of the type of the mirror

The image formed due to a convex mirror is small, erect, and close. Since the objects in that mirror are closer than they appear, that mirror is convex.

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