An astrono mical telescope has objective and eyepiece of focal lengths 40 cm and 4 cm respectively. To view an object 200 cm away from the objective, the lenses must be separated by a distance
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Applying lens formula for objective lens





Image must from at the focus of eyepiece lens so, for normal adjustment, the distance between objective and eyepiece (length of tube) will be,

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