An optical device has been given to a student and he determines its focal length by focusing the image of a sun on a screen placed 24 cm from the device on the same side of the sun.(a) Name the optical device(b) Find its focal length
Question
An optical device has been given to a student and he determines its focal length by focusing the image of a sun on a screen placed 24 cm from the device on the same side of the sun.(a) Name the optical device(b) Find its focal length
Solution
(a) The optical device in question is a Convex Lens. This is because a convex lens is capable of focusing parallel rays of light (like sunlight) onto a single point.
(b) The focal length of the optical device is the distance between the lens and the point where the image is focused. In this case, the student has focused the image of the sun on a screen placed 24 cm from the device. Therefore, the focal length of the device is 24 cm.
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