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Refraction takes place at a concave spherical boundary (of radius of curvature R) separating glass - air medium. For the image to be real, the object which is placed in glass at a distance u (μglass=32)

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u>3R
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u<3R
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u>2R
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u<R
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Solution

The correct option is A u>3R
Applying the lens maker formula for spherical concave boundary, we have

μ2vμ1u=μ2μ1R

Where, Refractive index of air, μ2=1

Refractive index of glass, μ1=32

Radius of curvature of the surface=R

Object distance, u and Image distance, v
(Here, we consider positive sign for right to left direction)
Putting the known value in lens maker formula we get,

1v1.5(u)=1(1.5)R

1v+32u=12R

1v=12R32u

For v to be positive, 12R>32u

u>3R

Hence, object distance should be greater than three times of the radius of curvature of refractive surface.

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