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The image of a candle formed by a convex lens is obtained on a screen. Will full size of the image be obtained if the lower half of the lens is painted completely opaque?

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The full size of the image will be obtained. But the intensity of image will be reduced. This is because the number of rays of light refracted through different parts of the lens will be reduced.
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