Question

What is the difference between a virtual image and a real image? PLease help. PLease simplify your answer also.

Answer 1

@Mashy

Answer 2

Real images are formed by the intersection of light rays after reflection or refraction at a point.In real image the light rays converge at a point, but in a virtual image the light rays does not meet at a point, it formed by extending rays .
The image that can be caught on the screen is known as Real Image.
The image that cannot be caught on the screen is known as Virtual Image.

Answer 3

What screen is this that you are saying concerning to this?


Thanks for your answer. I'm really sorry to ask further questions. I'm quite an amateur in Physics

Answer 4

i don't know how to exactly tell you about screen.
But think this as a movie screen if there is no screen you would never watch movie or image.

Answer 5

When you use mirrors, some real images cannot be caught on a screen; so you'd better use @gyanu's definition of intersection of physical vs extended rays to differentiate between real vs virtual images.