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A thin plano-convex lens acts like a concave mirror of radius of curvature `20 cm` when its plane surface is silvered. The radius of curvature of the curved surface if index of refraction of its matarial is `1.5` will be

A

`0.4 m`

B

`0.2 m`

C

`0.1 m`

D

`0.75 m`

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