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22 Jan 2012 19:23:45 IST

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alphabet use for object distance and image distance

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why do we use alphabet 'u'.to give object distance and 'v' for image distance........................plzzzzzzzz reply fast

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jaywant patil

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22 Jan 2012 19:43:43 IST

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these are easy to remember

Anirudh

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22 Jan 2012 22:55:11 IST

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Here u and v represents initial and final distance

alok vats

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25 Jan 2012 19:47:48 IST

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you can also use p and q or O and I.... we use them as per our sign convention !!! and as said above they re easy 2 remember so v use them !!

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25 Jan 2012 20:13:14 IST

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hey i know that..........much .but i want to know the reason why only U and V.plzzzzzzzzzzzz

sahil nagpal

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30 Jan 2012 15:29:44 IST

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because it indicates the final postion and initial position and lens only contains 3 most preferable letters which are U V and R

Dheeraj Singh

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30 Jan 2012 15:43:44 IST

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the guy who did it first used u and v....and we follow him...its ur choice to use whatever u want

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