Question

A large convex lens stands on the floor. The lens is 180 cm tall, so the principal axis is 90 cm above the floor. A student holds a flashlight 120 cm off the ground, shining straight ahead (parallel to the floor) and passing through the lens. The light is bent and intersects the principal axis 60 cm behind the lens. Then the student moves the flashlight 30 cm higher (now 150 cm off the ground), also shining straight ahead through the lens. How far away from the lens will the light intersect the principal axis now?

Answer 1

B. 60 cm

All parallel light rays are bent through the focal point of a convex lens, so the rays from the flashlight 150 cm above the floor must go through the same point on the principal axis as the rays from the flashlight 120 cm above the floor. The location of the focal point does not change when the position of the object is moved either vertically or horizontally.
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