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A man is trying to start a fire by focusing sunlight on a piece of paper using an equiconvex lens of focal length `10 cm`. The diameter of the sun is `1.39 xx 10^(9) m` and the diameter of the sun's image on the paper is

A

`9.2xx10^(-4)m`

B

`6.5xx10^(-4)m`

C

`6.5xx10^(-5)m`

D

`12.4xx10^(-4)m`

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