A point source is placed at a distance of 30cm from a convex lens (f=15cm). A glass slab of thickness 1cm is kept just in the opposite side of the lens. The refractive index of glass is 1.5. what will be image distance from lens?

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Ashley H
Aug 10, 2018

30.33cm

Explanation:

Suppose,the glass slab was absent,then the picture would have been like this,

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So,applying lens formula,

1u−1v=1f

Given, u=−30cm,f=+15cm

Putting we get,

v=30cm

So,in absence of the glass slab,image would have been formed at 30cm from the optical centre of the convex lens.

Now,if we consider a slab only,the ray diagram appears as follows,

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so ,we can find a lateral shift of x (dotted line represents the pathway of light which would have been traced if slab was not there)

Now,this lateral shift is given by the formula, x=r−rμ

Given, r=1cm and μ=1.5

so, x=0.33cm

Now,putting the lens and the slab together as wanted in the question,the reconstructed diagram looks like this,

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So, now we can say that the image will be formed v+x=30+0.33=30.33cm away from the optical centre of the convex lens.

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