Ray diagram, lens formula and magnification formula



Ray diagram

Look at the ray diagram below, move the mouse to move the object (red), see what happens to its image (transparent).

you can see there's a relationship between the object's its image's distances to the lens.


Lens formula

For the relationship between te object's and image's distance to the lens, we have the lens formula:

1/f=1/v-1/u

If you don't understand the technical terms in the formula, see Ray diagram, mirror formula and magnification formula


Magnification formula

And for the relationship between object's height and its image's height, we have the magnification formula for lenses:

M=hi/ho=v/u

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