A magnifying glass is what kind of lens, and where do where should I place the lens relative to the object to see an image larger than the object and right-side-up? ("F" stands for the focal length of the lens.)

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A magnifying glass is a convex lens .If we place the object between focus $F$ and $C$ center of lens i.e. $u < f$ .From lens formula ,
$v = u f / u + f$
since $u < f$ , $v$ will be negative and $v > f$ i.e. image will be formed beyond and on the same side of lens .
From $m = v (- i v e, v > u) / u (- i v e) > 11$ and +ive , which means virtual ,magnified and erect image .

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