GEOMETRIC OPTICS treats light as straight rays that only change direction when they refract at an interface or through a lens. Snell's law n₁sinθ₁=n₂sinθ₂ and the equation 1/f=1/d+1/d′ govern magnifiers, cameras, telescopes and the eye.
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