BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2002

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    If red light and violet light rays are of focal lengths \[{{f}_{R}}\] and \[{{f}_{V,}}\] then which one of the following is true ?

    A)  \[{{\lambda }_{R}}\le {{\lambda }_{V}}\]

    B)                                         \[{{\mu }_{R}}>{{\mu }_{V}}\]

    C)  \[{{\lambda }_{R}}={{\lambda }_{V}}\]                 

    D)         \[{{\mu }_{R}}<{{\mu }_{V}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    The relation between wavelength \[(\lambda )\] of light in an optically dense medium to its wavelength in vacuum is given by \[\mu =\frac{c}{v}\] \[\mu =\frac{f\lambda }{f\lambda }\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\mu =\frac{\lambda }{\lambda }\] We know red colour has a larger wavelength \[({{\lambda }_{R}}=650\,nm)\]than violet\[({{\lambda }_{V}}=400\,nm),\] hence Alternative: Focal length                                 \[\frac{1}{f}=(\mu -1)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{1}{f}\propto \mu \Rightarrow \,f\propto \frac{1}{\mu }\] Since, focal length of violet light is less than that of red light, so                 \[{{\mu }_{R}}<{{\mu }_{V}}\]


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