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Question
In the following figure (a) and (b), F1 and F2 are positions of the two foci of thin lenses. Draw the path taken by the light ray AB after it emerges from each lens.
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Solution
(a) The ray AB after it emerges from the lens as BC.

(b) The incident ray AB emerges after refraction through convex lens takes the path along BC.

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