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For correcting myopia, a concave lens is used. According to the convention for lens power, the power of such a corrective lens is which sign?
APositive
BAlways equal to one
CNegative
DZero
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Negative
1. By convention, a concave (diverging) lens has negative focal length.
2. Power is $P = \dfrac{1}{f}$, so a negative $f$ gives a negative power.
3. Myopia is corrected with a concave lens, so its power is negative.
4. A positive power would correspond to a convex lens, which corrects hypermetropia instead.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 2 Optics "Power of a Lens", p.30_
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