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Question
A ray of light incident parallel to the principal axis of a lens, passes undeviated after refraction.
Options
True
False
Solution
This statement is false.
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A lens has both its focal lengths equal.
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A ray passes undeviated through the lens.
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(i) Draw the outline ofthe lens L used and Named it.
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(iv) Locate the final image formed.
(a) Draw a sketch to show how a lens is able to produce an image of the sun on a paper screen.
(b)(i) Would you regard the rays from the sun as being divergent, parallel or convergent?
(ii) What is the name given to the point where such rays meet after they have passed through the lens?
(iii) How does the image of the sun sometimes burn a paper screen?
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A lens used as a magnifying glass
(i) ls a diverging lens
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(iii) ls placed with the object nearer the lens than the principle focus
