When you look at reflection in a metal spoon the spoon is like an mirror but not like an mirror in an bathroom. if you look in one side of the spoon your face would be upside down. Because the shape of a mirror affects the way light reflects from it an you can see your self in the bathroom mirrors differs from the image that you see in a spoon. an that mirror are classified by their shape. Their are three shapes of the mirror called plane , concave and convex.
Plane Mirrors
A plane mirror is a mirror with a flat planar reflective surface. For light rays striking a plane mirror, the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. The angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the surface normal an imaginary line perpendicular to the surface.
Concave Mirror
A concave mirror, or converging mirror, has a reflecting surface that bulges inward away from the incident light. Concave mirrors reflect light inward to one focal point.They are used to focus light.
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