2006-08-21 17:00:14 · 5 answers · asked by sargonkalta@sbcglobal.net 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Because a spoon is 'parabolic' like the inside of your eye, the top of the spoon reflects the bottom of your face as that is what the spoon dicerns.
The eye, also, sees things upside down, but the brain allows you to see upright.
2006-08-21 17:08:42 · answer #1 · answered by Pigeon P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The inside of the bowl of a spoon is "concave" -- I remember "like a cave" and it makes a focused image that's upside down, just like a shaving mirror when you are far away from it. The outside is "convex" and its image is a virtual image that is reduced in size but rightside up. You can trace the rays of these two kinds of mirrors and see how the images are formed (inverted for the concave, normal for the convex).
2006-08-22 00:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by birchardvilleobservatory 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. One side of the spoon is convex and one side is concave. The concave side inverts the image.
2006-08-22 00:07:27 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Primary school question.
Look up the topics convex/concave surface and light.
2006-08-22 04:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because one side is convex and the other concave
2006-08-22 00:06:51 · answer #5 · answered by tictoc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋