Question

When glasses use diverging lenses to correct for nearsightedness or converging lenses to correct for farsightedness, the eyes of the person wearing the glasses lie between the lenses and their focal points. When you look at the eyes of this person, they do not appear to have their normal size. Which one of the following describes what you see?

(a) The converging lenses make the eyes appear smaller, and the diverging lenses make the eyes appear larger.
(b) The converging lenses make the eyes appear larger, and the diverging lenses make the eyes appear smaller.
(c) Both types of lenses make the eyes appear larger.
(d) Both types of lenses make the eyes appear smaller.

Answer 1

The converging lenses make the eyes appear larger, and the diverging lenses make the eyes appear smaller.

Step-by-step explanation:

Diverging lenses are placed in the path of a beam of parallel rays that allow the rays to diverge after refraction.

Glasses use diverging lenses to correct for nearsightedness a diverging lens will diverge light before it reaches the eye.

Farsightedness refers to the inability to see close objects for which a converging lens is required to increase power.

In the given situation,

the converging lenses make the eyes appear larger, and the diverging lenses make the eyes appear smaller