Exercises — Thin lenses — lens equation, lens maker's equation
2.5.6 · D4· Physics › Optics › Thin lenses — lens equation, lens maker's equation
Recall Teen tools jo tum baar baar use karoge (solve karte waqt yeh khula rakho)
Sign rules (Cartesian, light → direction mein travel karta hai): real object ; real image ; converging ; ek surface ka hota hai jab uska centre of curvature outgoing side par ho.
Level 1 — Recognition
L1.1 — ka sign pehchano
Ek lens thin hai aur glass () se bana hai. Uski pehli surface bahar ki taraf bulge karti hai (centre of curvature outgoing side par hai) aur doosri surface bhi bahar ki taraf bulge karti hai (centre incoming side par hai). Sirf shape se — koi numbers nahi — kya yeh lens converging hai ya diverging?
Recall Solution
Hum kya pooch rahe hain: sirf shape se ka sign. Pehli surface: centre outgoing side par . Doosri surface: centre incoming side par . Tab , aur . Isliye converging. Yeh ek biconvex lens hai — classic magnifying-glass shape.
L1.2 — Equation match karo
Tumhe bataya gaya hai cm aur ek object 40 cm saamne rakha hai. Kaun si ek equation image dhundhti hai, aur ka sign kya hoga?
Recall Solution
Object ki shape/glass yahan irrelevant hai — hamare paas pehle se hai. Lens equation use karo: . "40 cm saamne" = real object incoming side par cm. (Hum abhi solve nahi kar rahe — sirf tool aur sign pehchanna hai.)
L1.3 — Flat plate
Ek "lens" glass ki flat sheet hai: dono surfaces flat hain, aur . Iska power kya hai?
Recall Solution
aur , isliye . Zero power, : yeh light ko sideways shift karta hai lekin focus nahi karta. Yeh sanity check hai ki flat glass "kuch nahi karta."
Level 2 — Application
L2.1 — Biconvex focal length
Glass , cm, cm. nikalo.
Recall Solution
, isliye . cm. Positive converging. ✔
L2.2 — Image locate karo
L2.1 se cm use karo. Object cm par hai. aur magnification nikalo.
Recall Solution
Common denominator : , .
cm (real, outgoing side).
: inverted, magnified . ✔
Neeche wala ray diagram dekho — object se aage hai, isliye hame real, inverted, enlarged image milti hai.

L2.3 — Diverging lens
cm, object cm par. nikalo aur image describe karo.
Recall Solution
Negative virtual image incoming side par. : erect aur diminished — yahi ek diverging lens real object ke liye hamesha karta hai. ✔
Level 3 — Analysis
L3.1 — Object focal point par
Ek converging lens ka cm hai. Object exactly cm (focus par) rakha hai. Image kahan hai?
Recall Solution
: rays parallel hokar nikalti hain aur kabhi nahi milti. Kisi finite distance par koi image nahi banti. Yeh "parallel in → focus" ka reversal hai: yahan hum source ko focus par rakhte hain, toh woh collimated hokar nikalti hai.
L3.2 — Object focus ke andar (virtual, magnified)
Wahi lens cm, lekin ab cm (object focal length ke andar). aur nikalo; image classify karo.
Recall Solution
Negative virtual, incoming side par.
: erect, magnified . Yeh ek converging lens ka magnifying-glass mode hai. ✔

L3.3 — Maker's equation ulta solve karna
Ek unknown symmetric biconvex lens ki measured focal length cm hai aur dono faces ka magnitude hai, isliye , . Glass hai. nikalo.
Recall Solution
Symmetric biconvex: . Har face ka radius cm hai. ✔ Dhyan do ki dono faces minus sign ke through add hote hain — maker's equation ka baar baar aane wala trap.
Level 4 — Synthesis
L4.1 — Two-surface derivation, sirf numbers se
Maker's equation directly quote karne ki jagah, , cm, cm wale lens ke liye single-surface formula do baar apply karo, aur object infinity par rakho (). Confirm karo ki recover hota hai.
Recall Solution
Surface 1 (air→glass, ), parallel input isliye : Surface 2 (glass→air, ), object surface-1 image hai cm par (thin lens, koi gap nahi): , isliye cm. Parallel in → focus cm par, isliye cm — maker's equation se directly match karta hai. ✔ Intermediate image ne apna kaam kiya aur cancel ho gaya.
L4.2 — Object size se magnification
Ek converging lens cm ek aisi real image banata hai jo object ke exactly same size ki hai (). Object kahan hai?
Recall Solution
Real, same-size image (ek single lens se real images inverted hoti hain). . Lens equation mein daalo: cm. Tab cm. Dono distances ke barabar hain: "–" symmetric imaging condition. ✔
Level 5 — Mastery
L5.1 — Full pipeline: shape → → image → magnified height
Ek biconvex lens: , cm, cm. cm height ka ek object cm saamne khada hai. Nikalo (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) image height, (e) real ya virtual, erect ya inverted.
Recall Solution
(a) : cm. (b) : cm (real, outgoing). (c) : . (d) height: cm, matlab cm lamba, inverted. (e) real; inverted, magnified . ✔
L5.2 — Boundary object distance algebraically derive karna
Ek converging lens ki focal length ke liye, algebraically dikhao ki image real hoti hai jab aur virtual hoti hai jab (real object ke saath). cm par numerically verify karo cm aur cm use karke.
Recall Solution
Algebra. Real object: . se. Denominator hai, isliye (hence ) ka sign ke sign ke barabar hai.
- Agar : numerator real.
- Agar : numerator virtual.
- Agar : numerator (L3.1 wali boundary). Numeric check, : (): cm, real. ✔ (): cm, virtual. ✔
L5.3 — Maker's equation aur lens equation ko design goal ke saath combine karna
Tumhe glass se ek converging lens ( cm) banana hai, lekin manufacturing sirf plano-convex lens bana sakti hai: ek face flat (), ek curved ( unknown, itna curved ki centre outgoing side par ho). nikalo, phir object cm par rakho aur aur nikalo.
Recall Solution
Radius. Flat face: . Isliye cm (, centre outgoing side par, jaisa required hai). par image: cm. Magnification: : real, inverted, same size (phir se –). ✔
Connections
- Thin Lenses — Lens Equation & Lens Maker's Equation (parent)
- Refraction at a single spherical surface
- Magnification and image formation
- Power of a lens (dioptres)
- Lens combinations & equivalent focal length