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Converging lens – problems and solutions

1. A 5-cm high object is placed 5 cm from a 15-cm focal length converging lens. Determine the image
distance, the magnification of image, the image height and the properties of image.
Known :
The focal length (f) = 15 cm
The plus sign indicates that the focal point is real or the rays pass through the point.
The object height (ho) = 5 cm
The object distance (do) = 5 cm
Wanted : the image distance, the magnification of image, the image height and the properties of image
Solution :
Formation of image by converging lens :

The image distance (di) :

1/di = 1/f – 1/do = 1/15 – 1/5 = 1/15 – 3/15 = -2/15
di = -15/2 = -7.5 cm
The minus sign indicates that the image is virtual or the rays do not pass through the image.

The magnification of image (m) :

m = - di / do = -(-7.5)/5 = 7.5 / 5 = 1.5
The plus sign indicates that the image is upright.

The image height (hi) :

m = hi / ho
hi = m ho = (1.5)5 = 10/3 = 7.5 cm
The plus sign indicates that the image is upright.
The properties of image
- virtual
- upright
- The image greater than the object
- The image distance is greater than the object distance

2. A 10-cm high object is placed 30 cm from a 15-cm focal length converging lens. Determine the
image distance, the magnification of image, the image height and the properties of image.
Known :
The focal length (f) = 15 cm
The plus sign indicates that the focal point is real or the rays pass through the point.
The object height (h) = 10 cm
The object distance (s) = 30 cm
Wanted : The image distance, the magnification of image, the image height and the properties of image
Solution :

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