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O-LevelPhysicsLight5054/12 · May/June 2024 · Q261 Mark

A thin converging lens is used as a magnifying glass. Which row gives the nature of the image produced and an expression that is the linear magnification?

Anature of image: real, expression for linear magnification: image length / object length
Bnature of image: real, expression for linear magnification: object length / image length
Cnature of image: virtual, expression for linear magnification: image length / object length
Dnature of image: virtual, expression for linear magnification: object length / image length

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C: nature of image: virtual, expression for linear magnification: image length / object length

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Light, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Physics, May/June 2024 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 26.

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