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A drop of water behaves like a ______ lens


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  1. A water drop has the shape of a convex lens as it bulges out in the middle.
  2. It is a converging lens. Here light rays enter the water droplet parallel to its axis and then converge at a single point on the opposite side.
  3. A water drop has a higher refractive index than the air. So light will converge on going from air into water droplet.

Hence, a drop of water behaves like a convex lens.


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