Convergin and divergent lens, rare situations

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Converging rays passing through a convex lens converge more rapidly, which is essential for forming clear images, as seen in the human eye's lens. If the eye's lens is misshaped, it fails to converge light effectively, resulting in blurry images. Convex lens eyeglasses correct this by enhancing convergence, allowing light to focus properly on the retina. Conversely, divergent rays passing through a concave lens diverge more quickly, necessitating ray tracing to analyze specific outcomes.

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  • Understanding of ray optics and light behavior
  • Familiarity with lens types: convex and concave
  • Knowledge of human eye anatomy and function
  • Basic principles of image formation in optics
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what happen if converging rays are made to pass to a convex lens?

what happen if divergent rays are made to pass to a concave lens?
 
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Marketo said:
what happen if converging rays are made to pass to a convex lens?

They converge more rapidly. For instance, the human eye has a convex lens that converges beams to form an image on the back of the eye. If your eye's lens becomes the wrong shape and does not converge the beam strongly enough, the beam has not converged to a focus by the time it hits the retina and the image is blurry. By wearing convex lens eyeglasses, the beam converges more quickly than with your flawed eye lenses alone and does converge in time to be in focus on your retina.

Marketo said:
what happen if divergent rays are made to pass to a concave lens?

They diverge more quickly. Although to find out what specifically happens, you have to take a system of lens and each time trace the rays.
 

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