Unit 13 · Geometric Optics

Chapter 13.3

Images Formed by Lenses

A magnifying glass makes a page look larger, then, held farther away, turns the room upside down. One curved piece of glass, one equation, and two very different images.

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By the end

  1. 01Locate the focal points of thin converging and diverging lenses
  2. 02Find image position, size, orientation, and type with principal-ray diagrams and the thin-lens equation
  3. 03Apply the sign convention for real and virtual images and for converging and diverging lenses
  4. 04Compute magnification and predict how the image changes as the object moves

In unit 13

  1. 13.1Reflection and Images in Mirrors
  2. 13.2Refraction and Total Internal Reflection
  3. 13.3Images Formed by Lenses
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