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Show by a ray diagram that a diverging lens cannot form a real image of an object placed anywhere on its principal axis.
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When the object is at any finite distance from the concave lens, the image formed is virtual, erect and diminished. Hence, a diverging lens (concave lens) cannot form a real image.
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