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Homework Help: Why can a converging lens focus the light rays?

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  • 3 years ago

    Due to the fact that light is bent (towards the normal to the surface) when it strikes glass (or any optically more dense medium).

    Snells' law

  • 3 years ago

    By definition convergence focus as divergence is to disperse.

    The incoming light is focused at a point that is equal to its focal length.

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