CBSE Class 10 Science 2017 · Paper 31/1/1/C · Question 9
An object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 8 cm. The distance of the object from the lens is 12 cm. Find the position and nature of the image.
Answer
cm: a real, inverted image, twice the size of the object, on the other side of the lens.
Position: cm. The image is formed cm from the lens, on the other side of the lens from the object (beyond ).
Nature: real and inverted. It is also magnified, twice the size of the object, since .
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