Worksheet 4

1. A thin convex lens of focal length 5 cm is used as a simple microscope by

a person with normal near point (25 cm). What is the magnifying power of the
microscope?
2. A simple microscope is a combination of two lenses in contact of powers +15 D
and +5 D. Calculate the magnifying power of the microscope, if the final image
is formed at 25 cm from the eye.
3. An object is to be seen through a simple microscope of power 10 D. Where
should the object be placed so as to produce maximum angular magnification?
The least distance of distinct vision is 25 cm.
4. A person with a normal near point (25cm) using a compound microscope with
objective of focal length 8.0 mm and an eyepiece of focal length 2.5cm can
bring an object placed at 9.0mm from the objective in sharp focus. What is the
separation between the two lenses? Calculate the magnifying power of the
microscope.
5. A compound microscope with an objective of 1 cm focal length and an eyepiece
of 2 cm focal length has a tube length of 20 cm. Calculate the magnifying
power of the microscope, if the final image is formed at the near point of the
eye.
6. You are given two converging lenses of focal lengths 1.25 cm and 5 cm to
design a compound microscope. If it is desired to have a magnification of 30,
find out separation between the objective and the eyepiece.
7. The focal lengths of the eyepiece and the objective of a compound microscope
are 5 cm and 1 cm respectively and L =length of the tube is 20 cm. Calculate
the magnifying power of the microscope, when the final image is formed at
infinity. The value of least distance of distinct vision is 25 cm.
8. A compound microscope uses an objective lens of focal length 4 cm eyelens of
focal length 10 cm. An object is placed at 6 cm from the objective lens.
a) Calculate magnifying power of the compound microscope, if the final image
is formed at the near point.
b) Calculate the length of the compound microscope also.
9. The total magnification produced by a compound microscope is 20, while that
produced by the eyepiece along is 5. When the microscope is focused on a
certain object, the distance between objective and eyepiece is 14 cm. Find the
focal length of objective and eyepiece, if distance of distinct vision is 20 cm.
10. A convex lens of focal length 5 cm is used as a simple microscope. What is its
magnifying power, if final image is formed at a distance of distinct vision i.e.
 25 cm? If it is used as an eyepiece in a compound microscope with objective
of magnifying power 40, what is the magnifying power of the compound
microscope?
11. A compound microscope has a magnification of 30. The focal length of its
eyepiece is 5 cm. assuming the final image to be formed at least distance of
distinct vision (25 cm), calculate the magnification produced by the objective.
12. The focal lengths of the objective and eye-piece of a compound microscope are
4 cm and 6 cm respectively. If any object is placed at a distance of 6 cm from
the objective, what is the magnification produced by the microscope? Distance
of the distinct vision= 25 cm.
13. A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 144cm and an eyepiece
of focal length 6.0cm. What is the magnifying power of the telescope? What is
the separation between the objective and the eyepiece?
14. (a) A giant refracting telescope at an observatory has an objective lens of focal
length 15m. If an eyepiece of focal length 1.0cm is used, what is the angular
magnification of the telescope?
(b) If this telescope is used to view the moon, what is the diameter of the
image of the moon formed by the objective lens? The diameter of the moon is
3.48 × 10^6m, and the radius of lunar orbit is 3.8 × 10^8m.
15. A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 140cm and an eyepiece
of focal length 5.0cm. What is the magnifying power of the telescope for
viewing distant objects when
(a) the telescope is in normal adjustment (i.e., when the final image is at
infinity)?
(b) the final image is formed at the least distance of distinct vision
(25cm)?
(c) what is the separation between the objective lens and the eyepiece?
(d) If this telescope is used to view a 100 m tall tower 3 km away, what is the
height of the image of the tower formed by the objective lens?
(e) What is the height of the final image of the tower if it is formed at 25cm?