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How do magnifying glasses work?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

A magnifying glass is much thicker than it is around the edges, which is called "convex". When this is held close to an object, the light waves are bent and this allows the object to appear larger than it is for better viewing.

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