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Problem 44.11 (RHK)


An object is 20 cm to the left of a thin diverging lens having a focal length of . We have to find where the image is formed.


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The thin lens equation is

,

where is the object distance, is the image distance and f is the focal length.

Therefore,

As the image distance is negative, in the sign convention it is in the V-side of the lens, and therefore is to the left of the lens.