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ViolentCorpse
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So there are two facts that I know:
1) The farther the image is formed from a mirror/lens, the bigger it is.
2) The more powerful a lens is, the closer the image is formed assuming the object at a fixed distance.
I can't reconcile these two facts. Common sense says that the stronger the lens that is used, the greater should be the magnification. Yet the size of the image depends on its distance from the lens, so if I'm going to use a thicker lens, it will form an image nearer to it than a thinner lens would. Nearer means smaller, so actually, we should use as thin a lens as possible to achieve max magnification.
DEFINITELY not one of my better ideas...
1) The farther the image is formed from a mirror/lens, the bigger it is.
2) The more powerful a lens is, the closer the image is formed assuming the object at a fixed distance.
I can't reconcile these two facts. Common sense says that the stronger the lens that is used, the greater should be the magnification. Yet the size of the image depends on its distance from the lens, so if I'm going to use a thicker lens, it will form an image nearer to it than a thinner lens would. Nearer means smaller, so actually, we should use as thin a lens as possible to achieve max magnification.
DEFINITELY not one of my better ideas...