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According to Cartesian sign convention, in ray optics
- A all distances are taken positive
- B all distances are taken negative
- C all distances in the direction of incident ray are taken positive
- D all distances in the direction of incident ray are taken negative
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(C) all distances in the direction of incident ray are taken positive
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According to Cartesian sign convention, in ray optics alldistances in the direction of incident ray are taken positive.
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