CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2000

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    A thin convex lens of refractive index 1.5 has 20 cm focal length in air. If the lens is completely immersed in liquid of refractive index 1.6, its focal length will be:

    A)  \[-160cm\]        

    B)         \[-100cm\]        

    C)         \[+10\text{ }cm\]           

    D)         \[+100cm\]

    E)  \[+\text{ }160\text{ }cm\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    From lens formula \[\frac{1}{f}={{(}_{a}}{{\mu }_{g}}-1)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\] \[=(1.5-1)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\]                     ?. (1) Also,      \[_{l}{{\mu }_{g}}=\frac{{{\mu }_{g}}}{{{\mu }_{l}}}=\frac{1.5}{1.6}\] \[\therefore \]  \[\frac{1}{f}={{(}_{l}}{{\mu }_{g}}-1)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\]                 \[\frac{1}{f}=\left( \frac{15}{16}-1 \right)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\]      ??(2) \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{f}{f}=\frac{\left( \frac{15}{16}-1 \right)}{(1.5-1)}=-\frac{1}{16\times .5}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[f=-160\,cm\]


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