A nearsighted eye has a far point of 100 cm. Objects further than 100 cm are not seen clearly. A diverging lens is used to permi

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t clear vision of an object placed at infinity. Find the focal length of the lens.

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Leya [2.2K] · Answer 1 · 2022-12-20T09:22:32+03:00

A diverging lens is used to permit clear vision of an object placed at infinity. The focal length of the lens is -100 cm.

<h3>What is focal length?</h3>

The focal length is half of the radius of curvature of the focal lens.

By the lens maker formula,

1/f = 1/v +1/u

where, v is the image distance and u is the object distance.

Give, the object is at infinity and the image must form at 100 cm, the the focal length will be

1/f = 1/ -100 + 1/∞

f = -100 cm

The focal length must be -100 cm for the diverging lens.

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