JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 12-Jan-2019 Evening)

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    A plano-convex lens (focal lengthy\[{{f}_{2}}\], refractive index \[{{\mu }_{2}},\]radius of curvature R) fits exactly into a plano-concave lens (focal length \[{{f}_{1}},\]refractive index \[{{\mu }_{1}},\]radius of curvature -R). Their plane surfaces are parallel to each other. Then, the focal length of the combination will be [JEE Main Online Paper Held On 12-Jan-2019 Evening]

    A) \[{{f}_{1}}+{{f}_{2}}\]                                  

    B) \[\frac{R}{{{\mu }_{2}}-{{\mu }_{1}}}\]

    C) \[{{f}_{1}}-{{f}_{2}}\]            

    D)   \[\frac{2{{f}_{1}}{{f}_{2}}}{{{f}_{1}}+{{f}_{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The focal length of the two lens is given \[\frac{1}{{{f}_{2}}}=({{\mu }_{2}}-1)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}}-\frac{1}{\infty } \right)=\frac{{{\mu }_{2}}-1}{{{R}_{2}}}\] \[\frac{1}{{{f}_{1}}}=({{\mu }_{1}}-1)\left( \frac{1}{\infty }-\frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}} \right)=-\frac{{{\mu }_{1}}-1}{{{R}_{1}}}\] So, the focal length of the lens combination is \[\frac{{{f}_{2}}{{f}_{1}}}{{{f}_{2}}+{{f}_{1}}}=\frac{\left( \frac{{{R}_{2}}}{{{\mu }_{1}}-1} \right)\left( \frac{-{{R}_{1}}}{{{\mu }_{1}}-1} \right)}{\frac{{{R}_{2}}}{{{\mu }_{2}}-1}-\frac{{{R}_{1}}}{{{\mu }_{1}}-1}}=\frac{R}{{{\mu }_{2}}-{{\mu }_{1}}}\]


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