Combination of Lenses
In a certain camera, a combination of four similar thin convex lenses are arranged axially in contact. Then the power of the combination and the total magnification in comparison to the power ( ) and magnification ( ) for each lens will be, respectively
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Answer: (a)
- Powers of lenses in contact add: .
- Treating the image of each lens as the object for the next, the total magnification is the product of the individual ones: .
- So the answer is (a) and .