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What type of lens is a magnifying glass?

  1. Plane Glass

  2. Concave

  3. Convex

  4. Plano-Concave
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Explanation

A magnifying glass uses a convex lens, which is thicker at the center and converges light rays to create magnified images. Concave lenses diverge light and produce reduced rather than magnified images. Plano-concave and plane glasses don't produce magnification.

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