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Question
Draw ray diagram showing hypermetropic eye.
Solution
Hypermetropic eye : In hypermetropic eye, the light rays from a closeby object are focussed at a point behind the retina. Here, N is the near point of a hypermetropic eye and N’ is the near point of a normal eye.
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