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The optician's prescription for a spectacle lens is marked +0.5 D. What is the:(a) nature of spectacle lens?(b) focal length of spectacle lens? - Science

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The optician's prescription for a spectacle lens is marked +0.5 D. What is the:
(a) nature of spectacle lens?
(b) focal length of spectacle lens?

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Solution

Positive power indicates it is a converging lens. 

Power of a lens is given by: 

power(p)=`1/f` 

`0.5=1/f` 

`f=1/0.5` 

`f=2m`

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Chapter 5: Refraction of Light - Exercise 7 [Page 261]

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Lakhmir Singh Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
Chapter 5 Refraction of Light
Exercise 7 | Q 18 | Page 261

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