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In the first part, the focal length of the lens and the image distance were observed from
the wall and the object was set at infinity. We saw that both image distance and focal length of
the lens had the same measurement. In the second part, the lens was positioned at two finite
distances in order to compute for the focal length. And we witnessed that the focal lengths at the
two varied positions have almost equal values. Thus shows that there will be one value for a
lens focal length even if both distance of image and object varies. In the third part, we used a
graphical technique in figuring out the focal length wherein we used two different position for
the lens but a fixed distance with the light source. Upon focusing the image at optimum clarity
we measured the height and distances of image and object then we took the x and y intercepts by
adding the inverses of the distance of image and distance of object. When the points were plotted
we agreed that there will always be one focal length computed even having two varied positions
of the lens.
The results we have gathered in the first part satisfied the case one of images formed by
convex lenses which explains that an object at infinity will have an image located at the focus.
This was seen when the lens was directed to the wall which served as a screen and also the focus.
In the second part, the data observed agreed with the thin lens equation wherein when you input
the values at every position it gives the same focal length. In the third part, the observations from
the graphical technique agreed with the actual focal length thus shows that a focal length of a
In this experiment, the case 1 of images formed by convex lenses and lens equation was
used for the first part and it stated that an object at infinity will have an image located at the
focus. For both second and third part of the experiment, the thin lens equation was used in order
to calculate the focal length even there were two varied positions. And the third part of the
The case 1 of images formed by convex lenses was proven by observing the image
formed on the wall that was refracted by the convex lens using an object at infinity. Based on our
data gathered, the image distance and the focal length of the lens were equal and was cross
referenced by solving the focal length using the lens equation. The thin lens equation was used in
the second part by acquiring the focal length of the lens with two different position. The focal
length of the lens didnt change even the positions were changed because as seen from the thin
lens equation if the object distance for position one will be equal to the image distance to the
position two and vice versa then the focal length would still be the same. The last part used a
graphical technique where we used x and y intercept from the summation of the reciprocal of
image distance and object distance. And thus still show that the focal length doesnt change even
I recommend that students should carefully observe if the image formed is clear and
sharp in every setup in order to have better results. Another is that the measurement of the image
distance in part A must be crucial because this would also be the focal length and also the
measurement of the height of image must be accurately determined to give smaller percentage