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The focal length of a hypermetropic person for close-by objects is ______ that of a healthy eye.

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more than
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half
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equal to
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less than
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Solution

The correct option is A more than
A hypermetropic person is capable of seeing objects at long distances clearly but is incapable of seeing objects that are close by clearly. It happens because the converging power is low for such an eye. Hence, the focal length is more for such an eye.

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