Concave mirrors are also used as ‘shoplifting mirrors’. Store owners post these mirrors around help them see a larger area than a flat mirror shows, although the images tend to be a lot smaller.

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Concave mirrors can create real and virtual images depending on the location of the object relative to the mirror.

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