Question:

A plano-convex lens when silvered in the plane side behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 30 cm. However, when silvered on the convex side it behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. Then the refractive index of its material will be

Options :

  • (a) 3.0
  • (b) 2.0
  • (c) 2.5
  • (d) 1.5

Answer :

(d) 1.5

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