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MHT CET · Physics · Ray Optics

A double convex air bubble in water behaves as

  1. A convergent lens
  2. B divergent lens
  3. C plane slab
  4. D concave mirror
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(B) divergent lens

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\(\mu_{\text {water }}=1.33 \text { and } \mu_{\text {air }}=1\)
As air is optically rarer, \(\mu_{\text {air }} < \mu_{\text {glass, }}\), converging nature of the convex lens changes to diverging.
Thus it behaves as divergent lens.