The image of a candle flame placed at a distance 30 cm from a spherical lens is formed on a screen

CBSE Class 10 CBSE Class 10 Science
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The image of a candle flame placed at a distance 30 cm from a spherical lens is formed on a screen placed at a distance of 60 cm from the lens. Identify the type of lens and calculate its focal length. If the height of the flame is 2.4 cm, find the height of its image

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Here, u = - 30 cm, v = 60 cm, h = 2.4 cm
using lens formula,

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Positive focal length represents convex lens. Now,
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