Why virtual image can not project on a screen?give answer with explaination.
2006-08-06 06:41:00 · 4 answers · asked by star123 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Real images are formed by real light rays, meaning the light rays converge to a point. This is why they can be projected on a screen.
Virtual images, on the other hand, are formed by virtual rays. This means the rays themselves diverge, and only their linear extensions come together. These extensions do not carry any light, and so no image can be projected on a screen.
2006-08-06 07:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by dennis_d_wurm 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
During projection light rays from a lighting point go to one point on a screen and illuminate there the screen.
With a virtual image the beam spread apart: it does not illuminate one point on a screen.
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2006-08-06 07:48:38 · answer #2 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the virtual image is a construction of your visual cortex. Only "real" images objectively exist.
2006-08-06 06:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by Benjamin N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b/c virtual meant "not real", and if image is not real, there is nothing to project.
2006-08-06 06:43:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋