| ppefmh | Ed | Garstin | 1/3 | Convex lenses are often used as a magnifying glass. |
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More than two focal lengths from the lens.
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Between one and two focal lengths from the lens.
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Less than one focal length from the lens.
| The ray diagram below shows a convex lens acting as a magnifying glass. |  | |
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With a virtual image, the rays of light do not actually meet at a point (they only appear to). If we placed a screen where the image appears to be, we would not see an image on the screen.
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With a virtual image, the rays of light do meet at a point. If we placed a screen where the image appears to be, we would see an image on the screen.
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| ppefmh | Ed | Garstin | 3/3 | Convex lenses are often used as a magnifying glass. |
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More than two focal lengths from the lens.
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Between one and two focal lengths from the lens.
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Less than one focal length from the lens.
| The ray diagram below shows a convex lens acting as a magnifying glass. | | |
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With a virtual image, the rays of light do not actually meet at a point (they only appear to). If we placed a screen where the image appears to be, we would not see an image on the screen.
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With a virtual image, the rays of light do meet at a point. If we placed a screen where the image appears to be, we would see an image on the screen.
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