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According to Cartesian sign convention, in ray optics

A

all distances are taken positive

B

all distances are taken negative

C

all distances in the direction of incident ray are taken positive

D

all distances in the distances in the direction of incident ray are taken negative

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According to Cartesian sign convention, in ray optics all distance in the direction of incident ray are taken positive.
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