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Grade 12th PassGeneral Physics

If the lens of our eye was plain instead of oval, what would happen?

Profile image of Debartha Paul
11 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of Ashwin
11 Years ago
Actulally if that  happened you will not be able to see without specs 
The lens of your eye is a double convex lens. Its job is to focus the image on the retina of the eye. If one is farsighted, the lens in the eye causes the focus to be behind the retina. These people see far but have some difficultly seeing close-up. The lens focuses behind the retina because the actual eyeball is too short from front to back. To correct this farsightedness, the person would wear glasses or contacts with convex lenses.
but if plain lenses are used in case of convex rays of light will not converge on retina as a result you will not able to see anything clearly 
 
Regards, 
Ashwin