A Small Object Is Placed At A Distance Of 15 Cm From Two Coaxial Thin Lenses In Contact. The Focal Length Of Each Lens Is 25 Cm. What Will Be The Distance Between The Object And Its Image When Both The Lenses Are (i) Convex, (ii) Concave. 

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Question

A small object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from two coaxial thin lenses in contact. The focal length of each lens is 25 cm. What will be the distance between the object and its image when both the lenses are (i) convex, (ii) concave. 

Solution

Correct option is

90 cm, 8.2 cm

 

(i) If F is the focal length of the combination, then

                            

Here f1 = f2 = +25 cm (both the lenses are convex). Therefore,

                              

                         

If the image is at a distance v from the combination of lenses, then

                         

Here u = –15 cm, F = +12.5 cm.   

                     

                      

The object is at a distance of 15 cm on one side and the image is at a distance of 75 cm on the other side of the lens-combination. Hence the distance between the object and the image is

                       15 cm + 75 cm = 90 cm.

(ii) When both the lenses are concave (f1 = f2 = –25 cm), then F = – 12.5 cm. Again, by the lens formula 

                       

  

                   

Now the image is on the same side of the lens as the object. Hence the distance between the object and the image is

                     15 cm – 6.8 cm = 8.2 cm.

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