Utensil question? lol. just curiouss.?

Question

When you look at the back of a spoon , u can see urself. but when u look in the front, u see urself upside-down. Why is this? It makes me wonder...

:) thnxx

Answer 1

simply stated, the back of the spoon reflects light in an outward arc...

The inside of the spoon reflects the light inward.  Because your eyes are outside the focal point, it causes the image to be inverted.

Here are some technical explanations with a couple illustrations:

Convex mirror (like the back of the spoon): http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/re...

Concave mirror (like the inside of the spoon):

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/re...

Answer 2

convex and concave...bends the light rays differently so it reverses the image