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Physics Question on Ray optics and optical instruments

For a normal eye, the cornea of eye provides a converging power of 40D40\, D and the least converging power of the eye lens behind the cornea is 20D20\, D. Using this information, the distance between the retina and the cornea -eye lens can be estimated to be -

A

1.5 cm

B

5 cm

C

2.5 cm

D

1.67 cm

Answer

1.67 cm

Explanation

Solution

For a normal eye, rays coming from infinity should go the retina without effort when we look at infinity, lens offers minimum power and hence combination gives 40D + 20D = 60D.
Distance between the retina and the cornea eye has must be equal to focal length.
f=160m=1.67cmf = \frac{1}{60} m = 1.67 cm