Chapter 35: Q. 2 (page 1016)

A converging lens with a focal length of $40 c m$ and a diverging lens with a focal length of $- 40 c m$ are $160 c m$ apart. A $2 c m$ tall object is $60 c m$ in front of the converging lens.
a. Use ray tracing to find the position and height of the image. Do this accurately using a ruler or paper with a grid, then make measurements on your diagram.
b. Calculate the image position and height. Compare with your ray-tracing answers in part a.

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a. The ray tracing to find the position and height of the image is given below.

b. The position of the image is $120 c m$ away from the first lens.

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Part (a) 1:Given Information

We need to find the position and height of the image using ray tracing.

Part (a) step 2:Simplify

Consider:

$S_{1} = 60 c m f_{8} = 40 c m$

Part (b) step 1: Given Information

We need to calculate the image position and height.

Part (b) step 2: Simplify

First, finding to $S'_{1}$ :

$\frac{1}{S'_{1}} = \frac{1}{f_{8}} - \frac{1}{S_{1}} \frac{1}{S'_{1}} = \frac{1}{40 c m} - \frac{1}{60 c m} \frac{1}{S'_{1}} = \frac{1}{120 c m} S'_{1} = 120 c m$

Now, finding the magnification of the first lens:

$m_{1} = \frac{S'_{1}}{S_{1}} m_{1} = - \frac{120 c m}{60 c m} = - 2$

For the second lens $S'_{2}$ :

$\frac{1}{S'_{2}} = \frac{1}{S_{2}} + \frac{1}{f_{2}} \frac{1}{S'_{2}} = \frac{1}{+ 40 c m} + \frac{1}{- 40 c m} S'_{2} = - 20 c m$

Next, magnification of the second lens :

$m_{2} = - \frac{S'_{2}}{S_{2}} m_{2} = - \frac{- 20 c m}{40 c m} = + 0.5$

At last, total magnification of lens :

$M = m_{1} \times m_{2} = (- 2) \times (0.5) = - 1$

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