JEE Main 2012PhysicsRay OpticsHardMCQ

JEE Main 2012Ray Optics Question with Solution

JEE Main 2012 (12 May Online)

Question

We wish to make a microscope with the help of two positive lenses both with a focal length of 20 each and the object is positioned from the objective lens. How far apart the lenses should be so that the final image is formed at infinity?

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C

Step-by-step explanation


To obtain final image at infinity, object which is the image formed by objective should be at focal distance of eye-piece. By lens formula (for objective) Therefore the distance between the lenses

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