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The optical instruments
Question

The magnifying power of a telescope is 9. When it is adjusted for parallel rays, the distance between the objective and the eye-piece is found to be 20 cm. The focal length of the two lenses are 

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Solution

 In this case |m|=fofe=5----(i)  and length of telescope =f0+fe=36---(ii)  Solving (i) and (ii), we get fe=6cm,f0=30cm

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