What is the nature of the image formed by a convex lens when the object is placed at infinity?
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What is the nature of the image formed by a convex lens when the object is placed at infinity?
Real and inverted
Virtual and upright
Real and upright
Virtual and inverted
When the object is at infinity, the rays converge at the focal point, forming a real and inverted image.
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Q: What is the nature of the image formed by a convex lens when the object is placed at infinity?
Solution: When the object is at infinity, the rays converge at the focal point, forming a real and inverted image.
Steps: 5
Step 1: Understand what a convex lens is. A convex lens is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges. It bends light rays that pass through it.
Step 2: Know what it means for an object to be at infinity. When we say the object is at infinity, it means it is very far away from the lens.
Step 3: Learn about light rays from a distant object. When light rays come from an object at infinity, they are almost parallel when they reach the lens.
Step 4: Observe how the lens behaves. A convex lens will bend these parallel rays towards the focal point, which is a specific point on the opposite side of the lens.
Step 5: Identify the characteristics of the image formed. The image formed at the focal point is real (it can be projected on a screen) and inverted (upside down compared to the object).