If sunlight is focused on a paper using convex lens, it starts burning the paper in shortest time when the lens is kept at 30 cm above the paper. If the radius of curvature of the lens is 60 cm then the refractive index of the lens material is 10. The value of is .
Answer
20
Solution
Sunlight is a parallel beam, so the paper burns fastest at the focus: f = 30 cm
Convex lens with both radii 60 cm: R1 = +60 cm, R2 = -60 cm
Lens maker's formula: 1f = ( - 1) ( 1R1 - 1R2 )
130 = ( - 1) ( 160 + 160 ) = - 130
⇒ - 1 = 1 ⇒ = 2 = 2010
∴ = 20
Answer: 20