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JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 1 · Physics · Ray and Wave Optics · medium

A thin equiconvex glass lens of refractive index 1.5 has both surfaces of radius of curvature 30 cm. Its right surface is silvered, so the lens…

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A thin equiconvex glass lens of refractive index 1.51.5 has both surfaces of radius of curvature 30 cm30\ \mathrm{cm}. Its right surface is silvered, so the lens behaves as a mirror. The lens is placed with its axis horizontal and the whole region to its left is filled with water of refractive index 4/34/3. A small point object is placed on the axis in the water. Treating the lens as thin, the distance of the object from the lens at which the final image coincides with the object is
  1. A. 12 cm12\ \mathrm{cm}
  2. B. 18 cm18\ \mathrm{cm}
  3. C. 24 cm24\ \mathrm{cm}
  4. D. 30 cm30\ \mathrm{cm}
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Answer: (C) 24 cm24\ \mathrm{cm}

Light passes through the left surface (water to glass), reflects from the silvered right surface (a concave mirror of radius R=30 cmR=30\ \mathrm{cm} seen from inside glass), and passes again through the left surface (glass to water). Powers (in the reduced form n/fn/f): each refraction (ng−nw)/R=(1.5−43)/30(n_g-n_w)/R=(1.5-\tfrac43)/30; the mirror 2ng/R=3/302n_g/R=3/30. Total P=2⋅1/630+330=10/330=19 cm−1P=2\cdot\dfrac{1/6}{30}+\dfrac{3}{30}=\dfrac{10/3}{30}=\dfrac19\ \mathrm{cm^{-1}}. The equivalent mirror has focal length (in water) f=nw/P=4/31/9=12 cmf=n_w/P=\dfrac{4/3}{1/9}=12\ \mathrm{cm}. The image coincides with the object when the object is at the centre of curvature of this equivalent mirror, u=2f=24 cmu=2f=24\ \mathrm{cm}. A direct check with the paraxial ray transfer gives the returning ray crossing the axis at distance uf/(u−f)uf/(u-f), which equals uu only for u=2fu=2f. Using f=12f=12 cm itself would put the image at infinity, and the other values mix up the equivalent power.
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