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A convex lens is wider at the edges than it is in the center. Therefore, it is a converging lens.

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The difference between a converging and diverging lenses is straightforward. A converging lenses shows virtual and real images. A diverging lenses shows only virtual images.

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The light entering a convex lens is bent (refracted) towards the center (axis) of the lens. In a divergeing lens, the light is refracted outward away from the axis.

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A concave lens called a divergent lens because light rays passing through it move apart, while light rays passing through a convex lens come together.

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All of the light entering the lens converges on the other side to a single point, the lens' focal point.

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