In a long glass tube, mixture of two liquids A and B with refractive indices 1.3 and 1.4 respectively, forms a convex refractive meniscus towards A. If an object placed at 13 cm from the vertex of the meniscus in A forms an image with a magnification of -2, then the radius of curvature of meniscus is :
- 23 cm
- 43 cm
- 13 cm
- 1 cm
Answer
(1) 23 cm
Solution
Light goes from A ( 1 = 1.3) into B ( 2 = 1.4); object distance u = -13 cm
Magnification: m = 1 v 2 u = -2
v = -2 2 u 1 = -2 1.4 (-13)1.3 = +28 cm
Refraction formula: 2v - 1u = 2- 1R
1.428 - 1.3-13 = 0.1R
0.05 + 0.1 = 0.1R
R = 0.10.15 = 23 cm (positive: surface convex towards A)
Answer: (1)