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An object is placed 18 cm in front of a converging lens that has a 12 cm focal length. Use ray tracing to determine the magnification of the image.
Please refer to the attached image for the ray tracing diagram and the derivation for the formula for magnification
By following the cartesian system of sign convention -
Object Distance =
Focal length of lens (converging = convex)
Image Distance =
By applying the lens formula -
Thus magnification for the required problem is
The negative sign signifies that the image is real and inverted.
And since
the image is enlarged.