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An object of 10 cm is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a lens of focal length 25 cm. The object is placed erect on the principal axis of the lens yet a crooked image was formed.
Explain why.

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Solution

The size of the object is large enough to be comparable to the lens's aperture, so it deviates from following the ideal lens formula and hence we get a crooked image.

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