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A man can read the number of a distant but clearly but he finds difficulty in reading a book.   From which defect of the eye is he suffering? - Science

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A man can read the number of a distant but clearly but he finds difficulty in reading a book. 

 From which defect of the eye is he suffering?

Solution

The man is suffering from hypermetropia (long-sightedness).

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Chapter 6: The Human Eyes And The Colorful World - Exercise 2 [Page 279]

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Lakhmir Singh Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
Chapter 6 The Human Eyes And The Colorful World
Exercise 2 | Q 18.1 | Page 279

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