Use the ray diagram for a lens to answer the question.

Question

The illustration shows a candle as an object to the left of a concave lens beyond focus on the left. One ray from the candle falls on the lens parallel to the principal axis and is refracted through the focus on the right. Another ray from the candle falls at the optical center and is refracted undeviated. The two refracted rays meet at a point below the principal axis beyond focus on the right. An inverted image of the object smaller in size is formed.

Which of these best describes the type of lens shown in the ray diagram?

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Responses

It shows a concave lens. For this type of lens, the image position depends on the object's position relative to the focus point.
It shows a concave lens. For this type of lens, the image position depends on the object's position relative to the focus point.

It shows a concave lens. For this type of lens, the image is always on the opposite side of the lens as the original object.
It shows a concave lens. For this type of lens, the image is always on the opposite side of the lens as the original object.

It shows a convex lens. For this type of lens, the image position depends on the object's position relative to the focus point.
It shows a convex lens. For this type of lens, the image position depends on the object's position relative to the focus point.

It shows a convex lens. For this type of lens, the image is always on the opposite side of the lens as the original object.

Answer 1

Based on your description of the ray diagram, it indicates that the lens is a concave lens. Concave lenses produce virtual images that are upright and smaller than the object, and these images appear on the same side as the object (not the opposite side).

Since you've mentioned that the rays meet at a point below the principal axis beyond focus on the right (which typically does not refer to an arrangement of a concave lens, as they usually do not produce images that meet on the opposite side), it seems there could be confusion in the wording.

However, keeping in mind the type of lens being a concave lens, the best description among the provided options would likely be:

"It shows a concave lens. For this type of lens, the image position depends on the object's position relative to the focus point."

This option reflects the characteristic of a concave lens while acknowledging the image formation behavior based on the object's distance from the lens.