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Power and Thin Lenses in Contact

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Two thin lenses are in contact and the focal length of the combination is $80 c m$ . If the focal length of one lens is $20 c m$ , then the power of the other lens will be

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1.66 D

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4.00 D

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- 100 D

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- 3.75 D

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Solution

The correct option is D $- 3.75 D$
$P_{2} = P - P_{1} = \frac{100}{80} - \frac{100}{20} = - 3.75 D$

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