Multiple Choice
In a scene from a movie,a nearsighted character removes his eyeglasses and uses them to focus the nearly parallel rays of the sun to start a fire.What is physically wrong with this scene?
A) The eyeglasses have diverging lenses and cannot be used to focus parallel rays.
B) The eyeglasses have converging lenses and cannot be used to focus parallel rays.
C) Sunlight cannot be used to start a fire.
D) A fire can only be started if the image is virtual.
E) Parallel rays cannot be focused.
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