An object is placed at the focus of a concave lens. What type of image is formed

Practice Questions

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An object is placed at the focus of a concave lens. What type of image is formed?
  1. Real and inverted
  2. Virtual and erect
  3. Real and erect
  4. Virtual and inverted

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

An object is placed at the focus of a concave lens. What type of image is formed?
  • Step 1: Understand what a concave lens is. A concave lens is thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges.
  • Step 2: Know that a concave lens always diverges light rays that pass through it.
  • Step 3: Remember that the focus of a concave lens is a point where light rays appear to come from after passing through the lens.
  • Step 4: When an object is placed at the focus of a concave lens, the light rays diverge.
  • Step 5: Since the light rays diverge, they do not actually meet, but they appear to come from a point behind the lens.
  • Step 6: This means the image formed is virtual, meaning it cannot be projected on a screen.
  • Step 7: The image is also erect, which means it is upright and not inverted.
  • Image Formation by Lenses – Understanding how concave lenses create images, specifically that they always produce virtual, erect images regardless of the object's position.
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