A convex lens is held over a piece of paper outdoors on a sunnyday. When the paper is held 26cm below the lens, the sunlight isfocused on the paper and the paper ignites. What is the focallength of the lens?

Zoe Oneal

Zoe Oneal

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2021-02-12

A convex lens is held over a piece of paper outdoors on a sunnyday. When the paper is held 26cm below the lens, the sunlight isfocused on the paper and the paper ignites. What is the focallength of the lens?

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Roosevelt Houghton

Roosevelt Houghton

Skilled2021-02-13Added 106 answers

The paper ignites when the parallel rays of sun light arefocussed to a point on the paper. This point is the focus. So thedistance of the lens from the paper is its focal length, f.
Thus,f= 26.0 cm

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