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Two lenses of power $3 D$ and $- 5 D$ are placed in contact to form a composite lens. An object is placed at a distance $50 cm$ from this composite lens. What will be the position of the image?

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v = - 20 cm

v = - 25 cm

v = - 21 cm

None of these

answer is B.

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Two lenses of power

3 D

and

- 5 D

are placed in contact to form a composite lens. An object is placed at a distance

50 cm

from this composite lens. The position of image is

- 25 cm

.
Given data in the problem,
Power of the first lens

P_{1} = 3 D

Power of the second lens

P_{2} = - 5 D

Position of object

u = - 50 cm

So, the total power

\Rightarrow P = P_{1} + P_{2}

\Rightarrow P = 3 - 5

\Rightarrow P = - 2

And the focal length is,

\Rightarrow f = \frac{1}{P}

\Rightarrow f = \frac{1}{- 2}

\Rightarrow f = - 50 cm

By using lens formula,

\Rightarrow \frac{1}{v} - \frac{1}{u} = \frac{1}{f}

\Rightarrow \frac{1}{v} - \frac{1}{- 50} = \frac{1}{- 50}

\Rightarrow \frac{1}{v} + \frac{1}{50} = \frac{1}{- 50}

\Rightarrow \frac{1}{v} = \frac{- 1 - 1}{50}

\Rightarrow \frac{1}{v} = \frac{- 2}{50}

\Rightarrow v = - 25 cm

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