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A concave mirror of focal length 20 cm and a convex lens of focal length 10 cm are kept with their optic axes parallel but separated by 0.5 cm as shown in the figure. The distance between the lens and mirror is 10 cm. An object of height 3 mm is placed on the optic axis of lens at a distance 15 cm from the lens. Find the length of the image formed by the mirror in mm.

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The correct answer is: 3

For image formed by the lens
1v1-1-15=1+10
v1=+30 cm


i.e. 20 cm behind mirror
For mirror
1v2+120=1-20
v2=-10 cm

Overall magnification = 30-15×1020=-1
Length of image = 1 × 3 = 3 mm

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