I’n not sure if this goes for any type of car but for mine it seems like objects in the rear mirror appear a lot closer than they actually are.
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The rear mirror is a convex mirror. It allows a larger field than of vision and hence they are used, even though the objects in them appear closer than they are.
The side mirrors are slightly convex to provide a wider field of view. Wider field of view means that the image appears smaller than it actually is.
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