Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2009

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    A convex lens made of glass has focal length 0.15 m in air. If the refractive index of glass is\[\frac{3}{2}\] and that of water is \[\frac{4}{3}\] the focal length of lens when immersed in water is

    A)  0.45m                                  

    B)  0.15m

    C)  0.30m                  

    D)         0.6m

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Given,\[{{f}_{a}}=0.15\,\,m,\,\,{{\mu }_{g}}=\frac{3}{2},\,\,{{\mu }_{w}}=\frac{4}{3}\] According to Lens makers formula \[\frac{1}{f}=(\mu -1)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\]             where\[\mu =\frac{{{\mu }_{L}}}{{{\mu }_{M}}}\] \[\frac{1}{{{f}_{a}}}\,=\left( \frac{{{\mu }_{g}}}{{{\mu }_{a}}}-1 \right)\,\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\] \[=\left( \frac{(3/2)}{1}-1 \right)C\]    where\[C=\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)\] or            \[\frac{1}{{{f}_{a}}}=\frac{C}{2}\]                                             ? (i) Also,\[\frac{1}{{{f}_{w}}}=\left( \frac{{{\mu }_{g}}}{{{\mu }_{w}}}-1 \right)\left( \frac{1}{{{R}_{1}}}-\frac{1}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)=\left( \frac{(3/2)}{(4/3)}-1 \right)C\] or            \[\frac{1}{{{f}_{w}}}=\frac{C}{8}\]                                            ? (ii) From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get                 \[\frac{{{f}_{w}}}{{{f}_{a}}}=\frac{C}{2}\times \frac{8}{C}=4\] or            \[{{f}_{w}}=4{{f}_{a}}\]                      \[=4\times 0.15=0.6\,\,m\]


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