Impossible lens diagram

[SaintJude]

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Is this impossible? I thought that virtual images are always upright. Edit :Btw, this is a 1-lens/mirror system

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[mcloaf]

Is this impossible? I thought that virtual images are always upright. Edit :Btw, this is a 1-lens/mirror system

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I am confused, who said anything about a virtual image? That looks like a standard real, inverted image from a convex lens.

 

[SaintJude]

Ah yes, it is real & inverted. Sorry! I got mixed up. Real images are those that lie on the opposite side of the object. True indeed.

 

[MedPR]

Ah yes, it is real & inverted. Sorry! I got mixed up. Real images are those that lie on the opposite side of the object. True indeed.

Unless its a mirror, then real is the same side as the object right?

 

[MrNeuro]

Unless its a mirror, then real is the same side as the object right?

yes

And in this lens diagram objects located at the center of curvatur

 

[SaintJude]

Unless its a mirror, then real is the same side as the object right?

MedPr, how did you know this just using your three facts? I'd like to let go of what I memorized in Ek...