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What does it mean if your vision is 40 20?

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A person with 20/20 vision can read an eye chart at a distance of 20 feet. A person with 20/40 vision can't and has to get closer to the eye chart. A person with 20/20 vision can read at 40 feet what a person with 20/40 vision

AnswerIf you have 20/40 vision, it means that when you stand 20 feet away from the chart you can see what a normal human can see when standing 40 feet from the chart. That is, if there is a normal person standing 40 feet away from the chart and you are standing only 20 feet away from it, you and the normal person can see the same detail. 20/100 means that when you stand 20 feet from the chart you can see what a normal person standing 100 feet away can see. 20/200 is the cutoff for legal blindness in the United States.
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What does 20 20 vision mean?

It means seeing at 20 feet what a person with normal vision sees at 20 feet. A person who has 20/40 vision can see at 20 feet what the person with normal vision sees at 40 feet, etc. Some people have better than 20/20 vision.


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I am pretty sure that is very bad for u, I have 20-40 vision


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I am pretty sure that is very bad for u, I have 20-40 vision


Why is perfect vision called 20 20?

Technically, it is NOT considered perfect vision. 20/20 is considered nominal vision and is a value that represents an accepted level of visual acuity for a human. It means that at 20 feet, you can see things the average person will see at that distance. Good vision would mean the the bottom number is smaller, you can see at 20 feet what most people can see at 15 or 10. 20/40 would mean that you have to be at 20 feet to see what a normal person sees at 40 feet. Most places define blindness as 20/200.


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Your vision at 20ft is my vision at 50ft.