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An object is placed at the focus of concave lens having focal length f. What is the magnification and distance of the image from the optical centre of the lens ?
 
Option: 1 \frac{1}{4}, \frac{f}{4}
Option: 2 \frac{1}{2}, \frac{f}{2}
Option: 3 Very\: \: high, \infty
Option: 4 1, \infty

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By lens equation,
 \frac{1}{v}-\frac{1}{u}= \frac{1}{f}
\frac{1}{v}-\frac{1}{\left ( -f \right )}= \frac{1}{\left ( -f \right )}
\frac{1}{v}= \frac{-2}{f}\Rightarrow v= \frac{-f}{2}
m= \frac{v}{u}= \frac{f}{f+u}= \frac{-f}{-f+\left ( -f \right )}
m= \frac{1}{2}
The correct option is (2)

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