If p be the object size and q be the image size. Both concave and convex spherical mirrors asymptote to plane mirrors in the limit in which their radii of curvature $R$ tend to infinity. In other words, a plane mirror can be treated as either a concave or a convex mirror for which $R rightarrow  infty$ . Now, if $R rightarrow  infty$ , then $f= pm R/2 rightarrow infty$ , so $1/f rightarrow 0$ , and yields

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When radius of curvature tends to a extremely large value ie $R rightarrow infty$ , then focal length  $f= pm R/2 rightarrow infty$

 As 

1/∞  → 0

So

 $1/f rightarrow 0$

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