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A lens in which parallel rays cross at a single point on the opposite side is called a:
AReflecting lens
BAbsorbing lens
CConverging lens
DDiverging lens
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Converging lens
1. Lenses are named for what they do to parallel light.
2. Rays entering a lens parallel to its axis behave in one of two ways.
3. In one case they cross one another at a single point on the opposite side.
4. That converging effect gives the converging or convex lens its name.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 25 'Geometric Optics', sections 25.1-25.7_
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