Question

an object 50 cm tal is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens.its20cm tall image is frome on the screen placed at a distance of 10 cm from the lens. calculate the focal length of the lens​

Answer 1

Answer:  

The ‘focal length’ of convex length is 7.14 cm.

Solution:

The given quantities are  

Height of the object h = 50 cm

Height of the image formed h’ = -20 cm

Image distance v = 10 cm

The image distance is the distance between the position of convex lens and the position where the image is formed.

The ‘focal length’ of a convex lens can be found using the below formula

$\frac{1}{f} =\frac{1}{v} -\frac{1}{u}$

Here f is the focal length, v is the image distance which is known to us and u is the object distance.

The object distance is the distance between the ‘object position’ and the lens position. To determine the focal length, first we should find the object distance.

From the magnification equation, we know that

Magnification = $\frac{h'}{h} =\frac{v}{u}$

Thus,

$\frac{h'}{h} =\frac{v}{u}$

$\frac{-20}{50} =\frac{10}{u}$

So, the object distance will be

u = -10 ×  $\frac{50}{20}$ = -25cm

So the focal length will be

$\frac{1}{f} =\frac{1}{10} - \frac{1}{(-25)} =\frac{1}{10} +\frac{1}{25}$

$\frac{1}{f} =\frac{25+10}{250} =\frac{35}{250 }$

$f=\frac{250}{35} =\frac{50}{7} =7.14$

Thus the focal length of the convex lens is 7.14 cm