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Define power of a lens and write its uni...

Define power of a lens and write its unit

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Power of lens is defined as ability of a lens to converge / diverge a beam of light rays falling on lens . Power of lens is reciprocal of focal length where p is power of lens and f is focal length.
`P=(1)/(f)`
S.l. unit of power is dioptre (D).
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