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Question
A lens forms the image of an object placed at a distance of 45 cm from it on a screen placed at a distance 90 cm on the other side of it. Name the kind of lens.
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Solution
As the image is formed on the other side of the lens, the image is real. Hence, the lens is a convex lens.

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