Answer to Question #287609 in Political Science for Nanda

Question

A small insect is placed in front of a diverging lens with a 30 cm focal

length. If its image is 5 cm on the same side as the object, where is the

insect located?

Answer 1

the position is 6cm behind the mirror.

Optical lenses yield the image of an object by the singularity of refraction of light. To find the location of the image, we need to follow three basic guidelines of refraction and only two rays are obligatory to locate the position of the image.