A short sighted person cannot see distant objects clearly because the image forms
- A. behind the retina, and is corrected with a converging lens
- B. in front of the retina, and is corrected with a diverging lens
- C. on the retina but upside down
- D. outside the eye
Explanation
The eyeball is too long or the lens too strong, so parallel rays converge before reaching the retina, and a diverging lens spreads them slightly first to push the focus back. Long sight is the opposite case, corrected with a converging lens. Both defects are described by the far point and near point of the eye.
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