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The chromatic aberration in lenses is du...

The chromatic aberration in lenses is due to

A

Dissimilarity of main axis of rays

B

Dissimilarity of radii of curvature

C

Variation of focal length of lenses with wavelength

D

None of these

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C
`f prop(1)/(mu-1)` and `muprop(1)/(lambda)`
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