Question

A person is unable to see clearly a poster fixed on a distant wall. He however sees it clearly when standing at a distance of about 2 m from the wall.

1. Draw ray diagram to show the formation of image by his eye lens when he is far away from the wall.
2. List two possible reasons of this defect of vision.
3. Draw ray diagram to show the correction of this defect using appropriate lens.

Answer 1

(a)

Myopic eye

(b) In a myopic eye, rather than at the retina itself, the image of a distant object is created in front of the retina. This flaw may result from (i) an excessively curved eye lens or (ii) an elongated eyeball. With the use of a concave lens of the appropriate power, this flaw can be fixed. The flaw is fixed by returning the picture to the retina with a concave lens of the proper power.

(c)

Correction for myopic