When the ciliary muscles are relaxed, the focal length of the eye lens

decreases

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increases

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remains constant

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Solution

The correct option is B increases
When the ciliary muscle relaxes, the eye lens becomes thin and thereby increases its focal length.

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Relaxation of the ciliary muscles causes the focal length of eye lens to:

When one is seeing things that are nearby, the ciliary muscles contract to decrease the focal length of the eye lens.

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