EXPERIMENT NO.

112 : THIN LENSES

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Table 1. Determination of Focal Length of a Converging Lens (actual value = +20cm)

POSITION 1 POSITION 2
Position of Object Image Focal Object Image Focal
Image Screen distance distance Length distance distance Length
s s’ f s s’ f
90 cm c
28.8 cm 61.2 cm cm 61 cm 29.1 cm m
100 cm c
27 cm 73 cm cm 72.9 cm 27.1 cm m
110 cm
25.5 cm 84.6 cm cm 84.1 cm 25.9 cm cm
average focal length cm average focal length cm
Percentage Error % Percentage Error %

Table 2. Image Magnification

Magnification , M
Position of s' hi Percent Difference
Image Screen M=− M=
s ho
90 cm 2.173
POSITION 1 100 cm 2.775
110 cm 3.35
90 cm 0.45
POSITION 2 100 cm 0.375
110 cm 0.3

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