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Question
A 1 cm high object is placed at a distance of 2f from a convex lens. What is the height of the image formed?
Solution
The height of the image formed is 1 cm. The reason being, when an object is placed at a distance of 2f from a convex lens, the size of the image formed is equal to the size of the object .
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