Hey Friends,
I have a doubt in the topic refraction. Please help me in clearing this doubt. The que. is :
When a ray of light passes from rarer medium to denser medium, it bend towards the normal and when it passes from dense medium to rarer medium it bends away from the normal on the ending surface of both the medium.
But when a ray is passed through a lens, it should bend towards the normal on the ending surface of the air (means on the surface of the lens.) and where it goes out from the lens, there also it should bend away from the normal, since a lens is also a peice glass.
But in books, it is written that when a ray of light parallel to the principal axis is passed through the lens it bends from the pole and passes from the principal focus.
Please explain with reasons.
Asked by Ankur Shrivastava.