What type of image is formed by a concave lens when the object is placed at infi

Practice Questions

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What type of image is formed by a concave lens when the object is placed at infinity?
  1. Real and inverted
  2. Virtual and upright
  3. Real and upright
  4. Virtual and inverted

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What type of image is formed by a concave lens when the object is placed at infinity?
  • 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 when we say an object is placed at infinity, it means the object is very far away from the lens.
  • Step 3: Remember that a concave lens always diverges light rays that pass through it.
  • Step 4: When light rays from an object at infinity pass through a concave lens, they spread out or diverge.
  • Step 5: The diverged rays appear to come from a point behind the lens. This point is where the virtual image is formed.
  • Step 6: A virtual image cannot be projected on a screen because it is formed by rays that do not actually converge.
  • Step 7: The virtual image formed by a concave lens is always upright (not inverted) and smaller than the object.
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