Rearview Mirror Dimming Function

Layton, William

doi:doi:10.1119/1.3661109

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The Physics Teacher -- December 2011 -- Volume 49, Issue 9, pp. 578

Rearview Mirror Dimming Function

William Layton

UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA

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Students are often unaware of the little tab on a rear-view mirror that is used to dim headlights from the rear. Those who know about this tab are usually interested in knowing how it works. Explanations of the optics involved can be found in Serway and Jewett¹ and Jones and Edge.² An alternate explanation is given below:

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mirrors, physics education

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01.50.My

Demonstration experiments and apparatus
42.79.Bh

Lenses, prisms and mirrors

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American Association of Physics Teachers

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