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What kind of image is formed when an object is placed at the focal point of a convex lens? Explain WHY this is the image that occurs

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Since light does not actually pass through this point, the image is referred to as a virtual image. Observe that when the object in located in front of the focal point of the converging lens, its image is an upright and enlarged image that is located on the object's side of the lens.

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