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Two systems are formed from a converging lens and a diverging lens, as shown in

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Question

Two systems are formed from a converging lens and a diverging lens, as shown in parts a and b of the drawing. (The point labeled "Fconverging" is the focal point of the converging lens.) An object is placed inside the focal point of lens 1 at a distance of 9.80 cm to the left of lens 1. The focal lengths of the converging and diverging lenses are 15.0 and -20.0 cm respectively. The distance between the lenses is 50.0 cm. Determine the final image distance for each system, measured with respect to lens 2.



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Explanation / Answer

Calculate using this formula

let s2' = distance of image from second lens
s1 = distance of object from first lens (to the left, if the first lens is on the left side of the second lens)
d = distance between lenses
f1 = focus length of first lens
f2 = focus length of second lens

for the distance of the image from the second lens use
1/s2' = 1/f2 - 1/(d - f1s1/(s1 - s1))