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Question
An object is placed in front of a converging lens and in front of a diverging lens as in fig.
(a)Complete the ray diagram to obtain an image.
(b)Compare the nature of image formed by both the lenses in the above case.
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Solution
(a)
(b) In both the cases the image formed is virtual, upright and on the same side of the lens but the image formed by a convex lens is magnified and that formed by a concave lens is diminished.
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