CAIE IGCSE Physics 3.2.3.5 A Virtual Image Is Formed When Questions

Use ray behaviour and screen tests to identify virtual images, explaining how diverging rays appear to come from an image without actually meeting there.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Physics 0625

Exam points

  • Identify virtual images from diverging rays and explain why they cannot be projected onto a screen.

CAIE IGCSE Physics 3.2.3.5 A Virtual Image Is Formed When Questions question 1

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A page of printed text is placed 18 cm from a converging lens of focal length 35 cm .
Fig. 6.1 is a scale diagram of the arrangement with each of the two principal focuses (focal points) of the lens labelled F .

Fig. 6.1

Fig. 6.1

Converging lenses can be used as magnifying glasses.

State whether the image produced when a lens is used as a magnifying glass is real or virtual. Explain why.

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