The power of lenses is additive when they are placed in contact. This property is useful for designing lens systems.
Two convex lenses with power 2 dioptre are kept in contact with each other. The focal length of the combined lens system is
Asked in UPSC NDA 1 2018 · Topic: Optics (Thin and Thick Lenses, lens combinations)
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