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Question
Name the defect shown in the diagram.
Solution
Farsightedness or hypermetropia.
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Make a diagram to show how hypermetropia is corrected. The near point of a hypermetropic eye is 1 m. What is the power of the lens required to correct this defect? Assume that the near point of the normal eye is 25 cm.
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Hypermetropia can be corrected using concave lens of proper focal length.
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Myopia and Hyperopia (type of lens used for correction).
