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A plano - convex lens acts like a concave mirror of 28 cm focal length when its plane surface is silvered and like a concave mirror of 10 cm focal length its curved surface is silvered. The refractive index of the material of the lens is :

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1.55
2.55
1.6
2.65

Solution :(a) `Case I : "" (thereforef_(m)=oo)`
`(1)/(28)=(2)/(f_(1))+(1)/(f_(m))=(2)/(f_(1))"" ...(1)`
`Case II : (1)/(10)=(2)/(f_(1))=(2)/(f_(m)) "" ...(2)`
where `f_(m)` = FOCAL length of curved SILVERED hence
`f_(m) = (R)/(2)` where R = radius of curvature of curved surface.
(By subtracting eqns. (1) from (2)
`(1)/(f_(m)) = (1)/(10) - (1)/(28) RARR f_(m) = (140)/(9) cm`.


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