CAIE IGCSE Physics 3.2.3.5 A virtual image is formed when

Practise recognising virtual images from diverging rays and explaining why they are seen by eye but cannot be projected on a screen.

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Fig. 7.1 is a full-scale diagram of a small nail N in front of a thin converging lens. The line L represents the lens.

Fig. 7.1 (full scale)

The focal length of the lens is 3.0 cm .

The small nail N , of height 1.2 cm , is positioned 2.0 cm to the left of the lens.

State and explain whether I is a real or a virtual image.

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