Asked by violet

he diagram shows a clear plastic lens.

A lens convex on the left and concave on the right.

A student shines a flashlight on the lens. Which best describes what happens when light rays exit the lens?

They are all refracted away from a central axis.
They are all refracted toward a central axis.
They exit parallel to the path in which they entered.
They exit at a slower speed from which they entered.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They are all refracted away from a central axis.

Explanation: the pictured meniscus (convex on one side, concave on the other) acts as a diverging lens, so rays spread outward after refraction. (Options 3 and 4 are incorrect: a lens does not generally make rays exit parallel to their incoming paths, and light regains its original speed when it exits back into air.)