Optics Question 85

Question: One face of a rectangular glass plate 6 cm thick is silvered. An object held 8 cm in front of the first face, forms an image 12 cm behind the silvered face. The refractive index of the glass is

[CPMT 1999]

Options:

A) 0.4

B) 0.8

C) 1.2

D) 1.6

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Let x be the apparent position of the silvered surface.

According to property of plane mirror x + 8 = 12 + 6 - x

$ \Rightarrow $ x = 5 cm

Also $ \mu =\frac{t}{x} $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ \mu =\frac{6}{5}=1.2 $



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