CET Karnataka Medical CET - Karnataka Medical Solved Paper-2004

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    A thin plano-convex lens acts like a concave mirror of focal length 0.2 m when silvered from its plane surface. The refractive index of the material of the lens is 1.5. The radius of curvature of the convex surface of the lens will be:

    A)  0.1 m

    B)  0.75 m

    C)  0.4 m

    D)  0.2 m

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    After silvering the plane surface, piano convex lens behaves as a concave mirror of focal length \[\frac{1}{F}=\frac{2}{{{f}_{lens}}}\] But \[F=0.2m\] \[\therefore \]\[{{f}_{lens}}=2F=2\times 0.2=0.4m\] Now from lens makers formula \[\frac{1}{{{f}_{lens}}}=(\mu -1)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\] \[\therefore \] \[\frac{1}{0.4}=(1.5-1)\times \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}\] \[[\because {{R}_{2}}=\infty ]\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{R}_{1}}=0.5\times 0.4\] \[=0.2m\]


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