Question

6 cm object is 15 cm from a convex lens that has a focal length of 5 cm. What is the distance of the image from the lens, to the nearest hundredth?

Answer 1

The distance of the image from the lens is 7.5 (7.5 = 1 / (1/5-1/15) cm. This problem can be solved using the converging lens formula for the distance which is the 1/f = 1/do + 1/di formula where f is the focal length, do is the object's distance to the lens, and di is the image's distance from the lens.

Answer 2

Image will form at distance 7.5 cm from lens

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know by the lens formula

`(1)/(d_i) + (1)/(d_0) = (1)/(f)`

here we know that

`d_i = 15 cm`

`f = 5 cm`

now we have

`(1)/(15) + (1)/(d_i) = (1)/(5)`

`d_i = 7.5 cm`

so here a real image will form on the other side of lens at distance 7.5 cm